BRITISH AND MEDIEVAL ANTIQUITIES. 77 



A New Ireland mask ; presented by Sir Anthony H. Hoskins, 



K.C.B. 



ATnerica. — Three pots of " curare " from Brazil ; presented 

 by Senor Odorico Jose da Costa. 



A large collection of casts, and a few originals, formed by 

 Alfred P. Maudslay, Esq., have been, with the consent of the 

 donor, transferred from the South Kensington Museum, and 

 will be exhibited as space can be found for them. 



III. — Christy Collection. 



Four hundred and fifty-one additional slips have been 

 prepared for the Registration Catalogue, with careful sketches 

 of the objects. 



The following donations have been received by the Christy 

 Trustees, and by them transferred to the Trustees of the 

 British Museum : — 



1. Prehistoric Antiquities of Europe. Asia, and 



Africa : — 



Eight implements from the Drift in Kent ; presented by 

 A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Three palaeolithic implements from the gravels at San 

 Isidro, Madrid ; presented by C. H. Read, Esq. 



A large polished axe from Conishead, Lancashire, and im- 

 plements from Brandon ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A hammer stone from county Tyrone, Ireland ; presented 

 by Joseph Clarke, Esq. 



A celt from the Island of Gothland ; presented by J. A. 

 Bather, Esq. 



2. Ethnography of Africa : — 



Spears and other weapons from Central Africa, a drum 

 from Uganda, spears, daggers, etc., from West Africa, and a 

 series from the Congo and Cameroons ; presented by A. W. 

 Franks, Esq. 



A drum from S.W. Africa; presented by Charles J. 

 Prsetorius, Esq. 



A number of Matabele specimens ; presented by A. W. 

 Franks, Esq. 



3. Ethnography of Asia : — 



Hats and bowls of brass and wood from Corea ; presented 

 by C. W. Campbell, Esq. 



A model of a " jinrikisha," a bronze box, and a pair of 

 sandals, from Japan ; presented by J. Edge Partington, Esq. 

 A helmet covered with lacquer, and a pair of Japanese clogs ; 

 presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Knives, armlets, flint and steel from Nepal, a Karen dress, 

 a staff and two masks from Ceylon ; presented by A. W. 

 Franks, Esq. 



0.107. A number 



