74 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Wooden board, with a Japanese decree against the Chris- 

 tians, 1684 ; presented by Sir A. W. Franks. 



(b.) Hinduism. — A stone figure of Ganesa and another 

 Indian deity, and five Hindu figures of bronze from 

 Siam. Figure of Siva in bronze ; presented by H. W. 

 Harding, Esq. 



Stone tablet, with Avalokita, from Mongyr ; presented by 

 Surgeon-major L. A. Waddell. 



(c.) Buddhism. — A fine seated figure of Buddha, from 

 Yusufzai ; presented by Eustace Smith, Esq. ; and three other 

 sculptures from the same district. 



Wooden figure of an ascetic from Burmah ; presented by 

 R. G. Swinhoe, Esq. 



Four clay figures from a pagoda on the Mekong ; presented 

 by Sir A. W. Franks. 



A Bonpa mould stick and other Lamaistic objects from 

 Tibet ; presented by Surgeon-major L. A. Waddell; and fifty 

 Lamaistic objects, also from Tibet ; presented by Sir A. W. 

 Franks. 



Two priests' caps from Gorea; presented by W. Gowland, 

 Esq., F.s.A. 



Priests' robes of the Shingon sect of Buddhism ; presented 

 by the Rev. Horyu Toki, of Japan. Another set, a lacquered 

 shrine of the patron of literature, and three wooden figures 

 of Rakshasi of the Nichiren sect ; Buddhist gong and packet 

 of incense from Japan ; presented by Kumagusu Minakata, 

 Esq. A shinto " gohei," priest's robes, and rosary, from 

 Japan ; presented by Sir A. Wollaston Franks. 



(7.) Oriental and Ethnographical : — 



Portion of a suit of armour with the titles of the Sultan 

 Kansuh el Ghory of Egypt (1501-6), and with the stamp of the 

 armoury of Muhammad II. ; an Indian spear-dagger, and an 

 Indian back-scratcher of steel, inlaid with gold, and jewelled ; 

 presented by Sir A. W. Franks. 



Two Japanese teapots of silver, and two tobacco-pipes, 

 richl}^ mounted in silver ; presented by Mrs. Eustace Smith. 



Among the ethnographical objects may be mentioned : — 



Asia. — -A further collection, illustrating the ethnography 

 of the Andaman Islands ; presented by Maurice V. Port- 

 man, Esq. 



A series of objects from the Battaks of Sumatra ; presented 

 by S. R. Robinson, Esq. 



Dyak objects from Borneo ; presented by Mr. W. Leggatt. 



Models of a bullock cart and canoe from Geylon ; presented 

 by Stanley Rose, Esq. 



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