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IV. — Ethnography of Oceania and Australia : — 

 Donations. 



Obsidianites or obsidian " bombs " used by natives for 

 medicinal purposes, from the Kalgoorlie District, West 

 Australia; W. D. Campbell, Esq. 



Casts of two stone axe-heads from Sarawak, Borneo ; 

 Dr. A. C. Haddon, f.r.s. 



Series of rudely chipped stone implements made by the 

 extinct aborigines of Tasmania, from the north-west coast of 

 the island; the Rev. C. G. Wilkinson. 



Purchase. 



Three carved wooden figures, and a carved wooden panel, 

 made by the Maories of New Zealand. 



V. — Antiquities and Ethnography of America : — 

 Donations. 



Two stone bolas balls, and chipped stone lance-heads from 

 Patagonia ; J. Carpenter, Esq. 



Four reed pipes from Bolivia ; Sir Martin Conway, f.s.a. 



Chipped stone arrow-heads and drill from Ontario, Canada ; 

 C. E. Dubbs, Esq. 



BufFalo-robe, painted with equestrian figures, from the Crow 

 Indians, N. America ; and wooden totemic carving and rattle 

 from the North-West cog-st ; St. George Littledale, Esq. 



Pencil drawings of hunting and other scenes made by the 

 Eskimo of Alaska ; L. Temple, Esq. 



Purchase. 



An extensive series illustrating the utensils, weapons, and 

 textile art of the Indians of the Gran Chaco of Paraguay ; 

 collected by Seymour H. Hawtrey, Esq. 



Exchange. 

 With the Field Columbian Museum, Chicago. 

 Collection of stone implements from the Hopi Indians of 

 Arizona, and pottery vessels from the mounds of Arkansas. 



Charles H. Read. 



