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A very remarkable stone pestle with handle carved to 

 resemble a bird, found ten feet below the surface of the ground 

 in British New Guinea (see Man, 1908-1). 



A very important series chiefly from the Dieri tribe, 

 Australia. 



A valuable collection of ethnographical objects from Rennell 

 Island and the neighbouring islands ; collected by C. M. Wood- 

 ford, Esq. 



America, — A large and important collection of ancient 

 pottery figures from Mexico ; given by A. P. Maudslay, Esq., 



F.S.A. 



Two painted paddles and a woven bark hat, given by the 

 natives to Dr. Hills, British Columbia ; given by Miss H M. 

 Arden. 



A clay seal from a native grave on the eastern slope of the 

 Andes ; given by Captain Stanley Musgrave. 



A wooden pipe from the North West Coast, found in 

 Hawaii ; given by Herbert Purvis, Esq. 



Christy Collection. 



During the year, 856 objects have been entered in the 

 Registration Catalogue. The Christy Trustees have acquired 

 by donation, exchange 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. — A series of obsidian flakes from the neighbour- 

 hoods of Kisumu and Naivasha, and two chalcedony flakes 

 from the Tana River, East Africa Protectorate ; given by C. W. 

 Hobley, Esq., C.M.G. 



A portion of a stone digging-stick weight from Voi, East 

 Africa Protectorate ; given by A. C. Hollis, Esq., Secretary to 

 the Protectorate. 



Exchange. — A series of palpeoliths from Biddenham. 



II. — Ethnography of Asia : — 



Donations. — A model in marble of a Chinese tomb ; given 

 by Mrs. E. Arrowsmith. 



A glass bead dug up at Bau, Sarawak, Borneo ; given by 

 E. Vernon Collins, Esq. 



Two mats made by weavers of the Kinnara caste, Ceylon ; 

 given by A. K. Coomaraswamy, Esq. 



A pen-case from Japan and a sword from Assam ; given by 

 A. W. F. Fuller, Esq. 



Five idols and a bark girdle from Moerateweh, Dutch 

 Borneo ; given by the Rev. A Rose Innes. 



