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An extensive and important series of steatite carvings in 

 human and animal form, together with iron weapons and 

 ornaments, and a large number of pottery fragments, 

 collected by Mr. D. Ranclall-Maclver and Mr. F. H. Andrews 

 on the site of the ruins at Umtali, Rhodesia ; given by the 

 Rhodes Trustees. 



A series of ethnographical objects from hitherto unexplored 

 country in the neighbourhood of Lake Chad, and from. 

 Liberia and Bornu ; given by P. E. Talbot, Esq. 



A pottery bowl from Socotra ; given by Sir W. T. 

 Thiselton-Dyer, k.c.m.g. 



An ostrich-feather head-dress from East Africa ; given by 

 the Hon. W. Rothschild, m.p. 



Four silver brooches and three cloths woven in colours, 

 from the Kabyles of Algeria ; given by Mrs. Eustace Smith. 



A girdle made of long strips of monkey-skin, from the 

 neighbourhood of Nairobi, East Africa Protectorate ; given 

 by Sir J. W. Wolfe-Barry, k.C.b. 



A carved wooden knobkerry and pipe, from East Africa ; 

 given by Sir J. W. Wolfe-Barry, k.c.b., and Lieut. R. P. Lewis. 



An interesting collection of fetish figures from West 

 Africa. 



A statuette, drinking-horn, and two bells in bronze, and 

 a carved ivory tusk from Benin. 



A series of interesting ceremonial masks and other objects 

 from Southern Nigeria. 



A collection of personal ornaments, fetishes, and weapons, 

 from the South-West French Congo. 



A carved stool and a fetish bowl for offerings, in wood, 

 and two perforated stones, from the Baluba of the Congo 

 Free State. 



A woman's brass neck-ring weighing 25f lbs., taken from 

 the neck of a chief's wife on the Upper Lulanga River, Congo 

 Free State. 



A series of so-called " gold-weights," in brass, from 

 Ashanti. 



A carved wooden scoop from Angola, a ceremonial sword 

 from the Gold Coast, a ceremonial dress and cap from the 

 Masai, and a paddle. 



Oceania. — A series of weapons and textiles from the New 

 Hebrides ; given by the Rev. W. H. Edgell. 



A stone flake, said to be used in initiation rites, and a 

 glass spear head, from Esperance, Western Australia ; given 

 by W. A. Harrison, Esq., Resident Magistrate and Local 

 Protector of Aborigines. 



A feather head-dress from Cape York, Queensland, 

 Australia ; given by D. C. Lee, Esq. 



