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(b.) Brahminism.—A selection of religious marble carvings 

 and other objects ; bequeathed by H. S. Ashbee, Esq. 



A cobra-idol of stone from a ruined Hindu temple m the 

 Dominions of the Nizam ; given by W. Fraser Biscoe, Esq. 



A marble carving, painted and gilt, of a Hindu deity with 

 attendants ; given by C. H. Read, Esq., f.s.a. 



(c.) Buddhism. — A remarkable gold casket of circular form, 

 with eight figures in relief within niches, birds in the spandrils, 

 and a row of rubies above and below ; found inside a steatite 

 vase, which is already in the Museum, within a tope at 

 Deh' Bimartm, near Jellalabad. The casket is figured in 

 Birdwood's Industrial Arts of India, Plate 1 ; also in 

 Wilson's Ariana Antigua, Plate IV. Also a silver dish 

 ornamented in high relief with a procession of Dionysos, 

 with Ariadne, Hercules, and cupids ; described by Birdwood, 

 p. 147, and figured on Plate 2. This is from Badakhshan, 

 and was transferred with the casket from the India Office. 



Thirteen pieces of Graeco-Buddhist carving in stone from 

 Takht-i-Bai, Swat Valley; and two other sculptures of the 

 same period from Hada, Jellalabad Valley. 



An important collection of beads of carnelian, onyx, lapis 

 lazuli, shell, crystal, and glass, from various ancient Indian 

 sites ; given by Mrs. Rivett-Carnac, and published by her in 

 the Journal of Indian Art, Vol. IX., July 1900. 



A devil-mask and three paintings mounted on rollers, from 

 the Tibet-Sikkim frontier ; given by Edmund Candler, Esq. 



(7.) Oriental and Ethnographical : — 



Asia.— A set of ivory chopsticks and a brass buckle 

 from China ; a pillow, and a pair of horse-hair cuffs from 

 Japan ; a knife from Borneo ; all bequeathed by H. S. Ashbee, 

 Esq., F.S.A. A series of arms, including bow and arrows, 

 pistol, sword and mace from Corea. A small ethnographical 

 series from Sarawak, Borneo. 



Africa. — Specimens of modern pottery and native orna- 

 ments of beadwork from Assiut ; silver armlet and halter with 

 bit from Morocco ; bequeathed by H. S. Ashbee, Esq., F.S.A. ; 

 a carved wooden stool in the shape of a kneeling woman, an 

 iron gong, and a pierced stone implement from British Central 

 Africa, given by Alfred Sharpe, Esq., C.B., H.M. Com- 

 missioner and Consul-General. Weapons used by Dervishes 

 obtained after the battle of Omdurman. A collection of 

 personal ornaments and weapons from the Masai, British East 

 Africa. Pottery vessels and a quern from Sokotra. Ethno- 

 graphical series, including a number of native charms, from 



