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interestine: OAving to the fact that they were made by hand, 

 without the aid of a wheel, and remarkable skill is exhibited 

 in the symmetry of their forms ; in those vases moulded to 

 represent figures of men and animals is seen a freedom of 

 treatment and a realism rare in primitive art, and, in the 

 best specimens, a vigour which would not be unworthy of the 

 Japanese. The majority of the vases are of red pottery, 

 covered with a cream-coloured slip, but a number of specimens 

 of black ware with a highly polished surface are included in 

 the series. This gift is a most valuable addition to the Museum 

 Collection, as affording in itself a comprehensive illustration 

 of the fictile and pictorial arts of the Chimu peoples of Ancient 

 Peru. 



Two axes with stone blades, from the Guayaqui Indians of 

 the Ipety River, Paraguay ; given by W. C. C. Eyton, Esq. 



A series of antiquities from Peru, including a mummified 

 figure and a number of pottery vases, from the collection of 

 the late Charles Smith, Esq. ; given by Lady Gilbert. 



A series of ancient sculptures from Mexico ; given by 

 A. Grimwood, Esq. 



Stone implements from North America (from the collection 

 of the late S. W. Silver, Esq.) ; given by the Council of the 

 Linnsean Society. 



Vol. III. of the " Codex Borgia," edited by Dr. Ed. Seler ; 

 given by the Due de Loubat. 



A series of ancient stone carvings and a silver image from 

 Peru. 



A series of stone arrow-heads and other objects from 

 Canada. 



A collection of ancient pottery vases from graves in Costa 

 Rica, 



III. The Geeenwell Collection. 



In January the important collection made by Canon 

 Greenwell of Bronze Age antiquities from Britain and abroad 

 was acquired by Mr. Pierpont Morgan and generously presented 

 to the Museum. This addition may be said to complete the 

 British series, and to fill most of the gaps in the foreign section 

 exhibited in the Bronze Age Room. 



During half a century Canon Greenwell has acquired nearly 

 2500 specimens of bronze, the majority of which are now 

 exhibited in the table-cases of the Central Saloon at the head 

 of the principal staircase, space having been procured by the 

 temporary withdrawal of part of the Romano- British series 

 formerly in those cases and by the transference of the remainder 

 to drawers accessible to the public in the same saloon. The 

 Greenwell collection of Bronze Age pottery, and other remains 

 from the grave-mounds opened by the Canon in Yorkshire and 

 other parts of England, was presented by him to the Museum 

 in 1879 and comprised more than 2000 specimens, which have 



