88 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Five figures of wood and alabaster from Burma. Presented 

 by S. E. F. Jenkins, Esq. 



Marble standing figure with traces of paint. Presented by 

 Mrs. Winch. 



Four jade cylinders squared outside, Chinese ritual objects 

 used in the worship of Heaven, first millennium B.C. 



Brahmanism. — Marble panel with monster and two human 

 figures in relief, on a corbel with elephant's head. 



Series of Hindu figures and Jain Tirthankaras, of the 12th 

 and later centuries. Presented by Henry Oppenheimer, Esq., 

 through the National Art Collections Fund. 



(7.) Oriental and Ethnogra.phical : — 

 Europe. — Various articles of dress, musical instruments, 

 and other objects from the Balkan States. Presented by Miss 

 M. E. Durham. 



A type-series of Cypriote textiles, together with specimens 

 of pottery. 



Asia. — Two gold belt-clasps, a fine collection of silver bowls 

 and other vessels, and a series of weapons from the Malay 

 States. Collected by the late Hon. Martin Lister, British 

 Resident at Negri Sembilan, and prese-nted by the Hon. 

 Adelaide Lister. 



Two sabres of Indian type ; one inscribed " Taken by 

 Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni from India to Afghanistan," the 

 other " Usman, Ispahan." Presented, on behalf of Mohammed 

 Maghul Husain Khan, by Sir James Weston, K.C.L.E., C.S.I., 

 through Capt. C. Watson Smyth. 



An Indian land-grant, on copper plates. 



A pack of Indian playing-cards, made of ivory. 



Two bronze figures of deer, from Western Asia. 



A Saracenic lamp of Coptic type, from Egypt. 



Oil-bottle, snufi'-box, eye-shade and other objects from 

 China. Presented by Charles Lund, Esq. 



An oriental bronze mirror of mediaeval workmanship. 



An extensive ethnographical collection from the Philippine 

 Islands. 



Africa. — An important ethnographical series, illustrative 

 chiefly of the Pagan religion of the Ibibio people of the Eket 

 district of Southern Nigeria. Presented by P. Amaury 

 Talbot, Esq. 



A key, paint-brush, unfinished stone bowl and amber beads 

 from graves of the Roman period at Lahun, Egypt. Presented 

 by the British School of Archceology in Egypt. 



A wizard's bag, containing medicines and charms, from the 

 Embu of the East Africa Protectorate. Presented by Lieut. 

 (r. *S^. /. Orde Browne, 



