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III. — Ethnography of Africa. 



Purchases. 



Four ceremonial objects from West Africa ; a considerable 

 collection of objects obtained after the capture of Benin City, 

 comprising castings in meta], and carvings in wood and ivory. 

 Among the latter may be specially mentioned two elephants' 

 tusks entirely covered with figures of men and animals in low 

 relief. 



ly. — Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia : — 

 Donations. 



Two flax cloaks and a specimen of wood-carving, from New 

 Zealand ; a club from Fiji ; a comb from Micronesia ; Sir A. 

 Wollaston Franks, k.c.b. 



An arrow from Santa Cruz, New Hebrides ; George Bolden, 

 Esq. 



A stone pounder from Brisbane, Queensland ; B. H. Purcell, 

 Esq. 



A stone slab for grinding nuts, from Queensland ; various 

 dresses from the Pacific Islands ; J. Edge-Partington, Esq. 



An adze-head of green stone from Woodlark Island, British 

 New Guinea ; W. Whitten, Esq. 



Purchases. 



An axe-head from New Guinea; a shell necklace from 

 Micronesia ; a small series from British New Guinea ; and a 

 collection of objects from Queensland. 



V. Antiquities and Ethnography of America : — 



Donation. 



Model of a totem post in slate, from the Queen Charlotte 

 Islands ; Sir A. Wollaston Franks, k.c.b. 



Purchases. 



A soapstone tobacco-pipe from the mounds of North 

 America; a small series of stone implements and pottery, 

 from British Honduras ; a club from Guiana ; four earthen- 

 ware vessels from Peru ; and a large and important series 

 illustrating the culture of ancient Ecuador, chiefly consisting 

 of stone implements and pottery, and originally collected by 

 Edward Whymper, Esq., during his travels amongst the 

 Great Andes of the Equator, 



Charles H, Read. 



