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A quiver and arrows from the North West Provinces of 

 India ; given by Lady Gatacre. 



A bronze weight in the form of a duck, from Burma ; 

 given by J. L. Holmes, Esq. 



Apparatus for applying lac to the teeth, folding candle- 

 sticks, a sake-heater, and three weapons from Japan, and 

 three silver amulet cases from Ceylon ; given by C. Lund, Esq. 



Copper-gilt pilaf dish, Turkish, I7th century ; given by 

 H. W. Murray, Esq. 



Two bronze armlets of a type represented in the Treasure 

 of the Oxus, and probably from that district; given by 

 C. H. Read, Esq., F.S.A. 



A set of cubical boxes fitting into one another and 

 engraved as seals, Chinese ; given by Max Rosenheim, Esq., 



F.S.A. 



A silk scarf and two sarong with unusuall}^ elaborate 

 dyed ornament from Sumatra, and a silver filigree pipe 

 inscribed "The work of Muhammad Muhun Sahib (?), 

 Aslaml N'u'm,dngirl of Siripul" ; given by Mrs. Eustace 

 Smith. 



Four Assamese spears ; given by Mrs. Stillwell. 



A loom from the island of Sermatta. 



Africa. — A large and very important series of ornaments, 

 weapons, utensils, musical instruments, etc., from the little- 

 known tribes of the Kwilu watershed, Congo Free State; 

 collected by Emil Torday, Esq. {See '^ Journal of the 

 Anthropological Institute," Vol. XXXV. 398, XXXVL, 39 and 

 272, and XXXVII., 133). 



A large collection of ornaments, weapons, etc., chiefly from 

 the Nandi of the East Africa Protectorate ; collected and 

 given by A. C. Hollis, Esq., Secretary to the Protectorate. 



A series of objects from the tribes of the province of 

 Bauchi, Southern Nigeria ; given by Sir H. H. Howorth, 



K.C.I.E. 



A series of paper squeezes of Bushman rock carvings ; 

 given by Rev. G. C. Robinson. 



Pottery and. jewellery from the Kabyles of Algeria ; objects 

 from the Tuareg ; textiles and a copper dish from Algeria, 

 the latter inscribed " The oiuner is the Haji Ahmad 

 Budurbah ; year 1124" (a.d. 1712) ; give by Mrs. Eustace 

 Smith. 



Five steatite figures from Sierra Leone. 



An axe from S.E. Africa, three wooden combs from 

 Kwango, and two shields from the Semliki Valley. 



Oceania. — A jade club (vierd) of unusual perfection of 

 workmanship. This specimen is distinguished by the fact 

 that the handle is carved to represent a bird's head, a 



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