BRITISH AND MEDIAEVAL ANTIQUITIES. 89 



Department of British and Medieval Antiquities and 

 Ethnography. 



1. — Arrangement, Cataloguing, etc. 



Prehistoric Saloon. — The exhibition of Stone Age specimens 

 in drawers accessible to the public has been continued, and 

 a type series of the flints excavated for the Museum and H.M. 

 Geological Survey exhibited with photographs of the sections 

 in a desk-case. 



Roman-British Section. —The exhibition drawers in the 

 Central Saloon have been overhauled periodically. 



Anglo-Saxon Room. — The collection from Long Wittenham, 

 Berks, has been remounted and grouped according to the 

 graves, and the general remounting of the larger series begun. 



Mediceval Room. — Two wall-cases and two table-cases have 

 been cleared, and the Barwell Bequest of Limoges enamels 

 exhibited. The watches, dials, and astronomical instruments 

 have been permanently labelled. 



Glass and Ceramic Gallery. — Specimens from the Near 

 East, mostly fragments of pottery, have been exhibited in 

 drawers accessible to the public, and the Durighello collection 

 of ancient glass from Syria exhibited in a table-case cleared and 

 relined for the purpose. In the ante-room a loan collection from 

 Mr. Charles Borradaile has been exhibited in a wall- case. 



Gallery of Religions. — The re-arrangement of the Buddhist 

 room has been continued, and a large number of labels provided 

 for the Buddhist and Hindu sections. 



Asiatic Saloon. — The permanent labelling of the Chinese 

 wares has been continued. 



Ethnographical Gallery. — Progress has been made with the 

 labelling and re-arrangement of the African section, and the 

 Macleod collection from West Africa has been exhibited in two 

 wall-cases and a table-case. Three cases have been cleared and 

 the Torday collection from the Congo exhibited. Labels have 

 been added in the Asiatic section, and the King's collection 

 from Tibet exhibited. A new collection from the South Pacific 

 has been arranged. 



Araerican Room. — A collection of Yea pottery from Peru 

 has been arranged, and pottery fragments and implements 

 exhibited in drawers accessible to the public. A series of 

 Peruvian textiles has been exhibited, and many permanent 

 labels have been added in this section. 



Registration. — The registration of current acquisitions has 

 been continued, and 4,193 objects have been added, including 

 ethnographical specimens. Numbers have been painted on 4,340 

 specimens and 1,271 permanent labels written. Photographs 

 to the number of 161 have been prepared in the Department 

 for purposes of illustration and reference, 40 photographic 



