BRITISH AND MEDIEVAL ANTIQUITIES. 89 



acquired by donation and purchase the following objects, 

 which they have transferred to the Trustees of the British 

 Museum : — 



I. — Prehistoric Antiquities of Europe, Asia, and 

 Africa : — 



Donations. — Two implements of sandstone and ironstone 

 from Hardwick Hall, Derby, and portion of a palseolith 

 from Canterbury ; given by F. J. Bennett, Esq. 



A chert arrow-head from Sarsden, Chipping Norton, 

 Oxon ; given by the Earl of Ducie, P.O., f.r.s. 



A series of palseoliths from the plateau of the Western 

 Thebaid, Egypt, together with a number of similar types 

 from Suffolk ; given by H. R. H. Hall, Esq. 



A dressed granite block, part of a wooden post, and 

 a spherical hammer-stone from the Regina Ruins, South-East 

 Africa ; given by Franklin White, Esq. 



TI. — Ethnography of Asia : — 



Donations. — A series of men's ornaments from Borneo ; 

 given by Godfrey Hewett, Esq. 



A collection of weapons and ornaments from the Andaman 

 Islands ; given by Mrs. Horsford. 



Native cooking-pots, baskets, and other objects of 

 ethnographical interest from Sarawak, Borneo ; given by 

 Dr. Charles Hose. 



A handsome specimen of the stringed instrument known 

 as Vina, from Southern India ; given by Lady Huggins. 



A tinder-clock from Canton, models of Chinese coffins in 

 wood and ivory, and a series of Japanese noshi, or symbolical 

 presents ; given by C. Lund, Esq. 



A bamboo pipe, and an implement for watering sago, from 

 the country behind Collingwood Bay, British New Guinea ; 

 given by the Rev. W. R. Maunsey. 



A nose-flute from the Loi aborigines of Hainan, China ; 

 given by E. T. C. Werner, Esq. 



A series of weapons, ornaments, musical instruments and 

 other objects illustrative of the ethnography of Borneo and 

 the Philippine Islands, collected by the donor's late son ; 

 given by J. Whitehead, Esq. 



Purchase. — An extensive and highly important collection 

 of ethnographical objects from Sarawak, Borneo, formed by 

 Dr. C. Hose, Resident. It embraces objects connected with 

 the worship and daily life of the various tribes, a remarkable 

 series of carved and painted house-boards, a comprehensive 

 collection of native-woven cloths, and specimens of the 

 various types of currency. 



