BRITISH AND MEDIiEVAL ANTIQUITIES. 69 



Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and 

 Ethnography. 



T. — Arrangement, Cataloguing, etc. 



Prehistoric Section. — A temporary exhibition of casts of 

 neolithic slate amulets of axe-head form has been arranged in 

 table-case K in view of a recent article on the evolution of 

 iconic forms ; and diagrammatic labels added to wall-cases 108 

 and 113. Permanent labels have been provided for the German 

 and Danish pottery in wall-cases 31-36 ; and type series of 

 neolithic implements exhibited in wall-case 137. 



Late-Keltic and Gaulish Sections. — Wall-cases 75, 76 have 

 been cleaned, repainted and refitted, and the Edelmann 

 antiquities of Bronze and Early Iron (Hallstatt) periods 

 arranged and labelled, a number of large painted platters being 

 protected by glass-topped boxes. Bronze Age specimens in the 

 Morel collection have been transferred to wall-cases 63, 64. 



Romano-British Section. — The labelling of red and other 

 wares has been continued in accordance with the published 

 catalogue, and the series of lamps in table-case F re-labelled. 



Anglo-Saxon Room. — New labels have been provided for 

 the Irish series of bronzes ; and a series of fictile ivories stored 

 in drawers. Eight wall-cases have been repainted. 



Mediceval Room. — This room has been re-decorated, and 

 wall-cases 1-3, 50-2 repainted. Examples of chain-armour have 

 been exhibited in a frame; and the permanent labelling of 

 sections continued. 



Glass and Ceramic Room. — The collection of Dutch and 

 German glass has been re-arranged in a standard case, and the 

 Turkish and Damascus pottery exhibited with permanent labels 

 in another. The Persian ware in wall-cases 30-33 and tabl^- 

 case A has been re-arranged. 



Asiatic Saloon. — The oriental bronzes, pottery from Siam 

 and Borneo as well as sections of Chinese porcelain, have been 

 re-arranged and labelled ; and an inventory made of the contents 

 of the drawers. Part of the Stein collection from Chinese 

 Turkestan has been exhibited in wall-cases 92-7 and table case 

 H, and the remainder is now in the Museums of Calcutta and 

 Lahore. 



Gallery of Religions. — The gallery has been re-decorated, 

 and the wall-cases cleaned throughout. 



Ethnographical Gallery. — Ornaments from Hawaii and the 

 Marquesas Islands have been exhibited in three frame-cases, 

 and the upper wall-cases in two sections cleaned. Part of the 

 London Missionary Society's collection from the Pacific has 



