86 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A series of carved wooden figures and other objects from. 

 British Centra] Africa ; given by Dr. H. S. Stannus. 



Two pots from the Kabyles of Algeria ; given by A. G. 

 White, Esq. 



Purchase. — A large and very important ethnographical 

 series from a number of tribes on the Lukenye and Sankuru 

 Rivers in the Congo Free State, including the BaSonge,BaTetela, 

 BaSongo Meno, BaNkutu, Akela, and Isambo. The ethnography 

 of many of these tribes has been hitherto quite unknown, 

 and the collection, which is part of the material collected by 

 the recent ethnographical expedition under the leadership of 

 Mr. Torday, sheds considerable light on many questions before 

 imperfectly understood. 



IV. — Ethnography of Oceania and Australia : — 



A modern hat from Hawaii ; given by M. Brasch, Esq. 



Fire-sticks used by the aborigines of Queensland ; given by 

 I'the Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Carpentaria. 



A large wooden Kava-bowl from Samoa ; given by Mrs. 

 Fergusson. 



A stone-headed axe from New Caledonia ; given by John 

 Lang, Esq. 



A spear edged with sharks' teeth, from the Gilbert Islands ; 

 given by B. H. Webb, Esq. 



A number of objects from Melanesia, principally from the 

 Solomon Islands, including a canoe-figure head, a dance-shield, 

 varieties of shell and feather currency, &c. ; given by C. M. 

 Woodford, Esq. 



Y.— Antiquities and Ethnography of America : — 



A series of objects from ancient graves in Peru ; given by 

 the Countess of Donoughmore. 



A large ancient pottery vase from Peru ; given by A. W. F. 

 Fuller, Esq. 



Nine beads of shell, stone and w^ood, from ancient graves 

 at Truxillo, Peru ; given by Mrs. A. Gibbs. 



Three ancient vases of black pottery, from Peru ; given by 

 B. T. Harland, Esq. 



Bows, arrows, blow-gun and darts from Brazil ; given by 

 W. H. Hildreth, Esq. 



Model of an Essequibo house with furniture, South America ; 

 given by R. Martin-Holland, Esq. 



A stone-celt found on a plantation at Soufriere, Dominica ; 

 given by S. Noel Simmons, Esq. 



Charles H. Read. 



