84 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



(b.) Buddhism. — Head of a stone statue with elaborate 

 head-dress, and three friezes carved with Buddhist scenes, from 

 Swat, North India. 



Two wooden standing figures of Bodhisattvas, Presented 

 by 0. Eumorfopoulos, Esq. 



(7.) Oriental and Ethnographical : — 



Asia. — A leather pouch, mounted in silver, with fire-steel r 

 from Kalgan in North China. Presented by R. Laurence 

 Binyon, Esq. 



A number of bones inscribed with ancient Chinese characters. 

 Presented by J. Spier, Esq. 



A series of bones, some carved, with amuletic inscriptions in 

 ancient Chinese characters. 



Various ancient bronzes and a two-handed armour-breaker 

 of iron, from Shansi, North China. 



Portion of a bronze bowl already in the Museum, from 

 Tezpur, Assam. Presented by Ed. Earle, Esq. 



A ceremonial apron, head-dress and other ornaments, of 

 carved bone beads, from Tibet. 



Two Indian land-grants. 



Africa. — A large and valuable collection, illustrating the 

 ethnography of various tribes in Northern Nigeria and in the 

 neighbourhood of lake Chad. Presented by Miss Macleod. 



A series of stone implements and pottery fragments from 

 Kitchen-middens on the coast of South Africa. Presented by 

 J. Bruce Bays, Esq., M.D. 



A series of spears and shields from the Uganda Protec- 

 torate : collected by the late C. M. Cowper Coles, Esq, 

 Presented by S. H. Cowper Coles, Esq. 



An ethnographical series from Southern Nigeria. Pre- 

 sented by Sir John Kirk, G.C.M.G., K.C.B. 



A bead ornament from the Basuto. Presented by R. R. 

 Hichling, Esq. 



A series of stone celts from the Bauchi plateau, Northern 

 Nigeria. Presented by T. W. Pragnell, Esq. 



A series of weapons, musical instruments, and utensils, 

 collected by Lord Mountmorres in the north-east region of the 

 Belgian Congo. 



A bronze jug in the form of a leopard : from Benin, Southern 

 Nigeria. 



A steatite figure from Mendiland, Sierra Leone. 



A large mask and a pottery vase from Southern Nigeria. 



Oceania. — A series of stone implements of the extinct- 

 aborigines of Tasmania. 



Three stone churinga, from the Arunta of Northern 

 Territory, Australia. 



