BRITISH AND MEDIEVAL ANTIQUITIES. S5 



America.— A series of ancient pottery and beads of cor- 

 nelian, stone and amber, from the bed of the sacred lake of 

 Ouatavita, Colombia. Presented by Louis Clarke, Esq. 



A large collection illustrating the ethnography of the 

 Chorote Indians, Bolivia. Presented by Count Eric von 

 Rosen. 



A shrunk human head, from Quito, Ecuador. Presented by 

 Alex. Rawlinson, Esq. 



A series of antiquities from Cuzco, Peru. 



A club from British Guiana and a series of feather ornaments 

 from the Paraguayan Chaco. 



A collection of stone implements from Greenland, formed 

 by the late Edward Whymper, Esq. 



London Missionary Society's Collection. 



The collection belonging to the London Missionary Society, 

 and deposited on loan in the British Museum in 1890, has been 

 acquired by purchase at a nominal price, the Trustees of the 

 Christy Collection providing one-half the necessary sum. This 

 collection, the greater part of which was acquired by the early 

 Missionaries, John Williams, W. Ellis, D. Tyerman, and 

 G. Bennet, comprises the most valuable series of Polynesian 

 idols and ceremonial objects in existence. Now that it has 

 been added to the British Museum series, the latter becomes 

 the most extensive and historically important collection illus- 

 trative of Polynesian ethnography in the world. 



Christy Collection. 



During the year 363 objects have been entered in the 

 registration Catalogue. The Christy Trustees have acquired 

 by donation the following objects, which they have transferred 

 to the Trustees of the British Museum : — 



(1.) Ethnography of Africa : — 



A set of three thro wing-knives (ngalio) from Bornu. Pre- 

 seoited by Dr. D. Alexander. 



Arrows from the Dakkakari people, Kontagora Province, 

 Northern Nigeria. Presented by T. R. Bowlhy, Esq. 



Section of a branch of the sacrifice-tree, Kumasi, Ashanti. 

 Presented by H. Dreivry, Esq. 



Iron rings and copper bangles excavated during the con- 

 struction of the Baro-Kano railway. Northern Nigeria. Pre- 

 sented by H. S. W. Ediuardes, Esq. 



A pottery gabna for coff'ee from Omdurman. Presented by 

 G. W. Grabham, Esq. 



A series of weapons and other objects from Somaliland and 

 Bechuanaland. Presented by Major G. H. Grant. 



