82 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITESH MUSEUM. 



Museum; given by the Peabody Museum of American 

 Archaeology and Ethnology. 



A number of flint arrow-heads, &c., from Calingasta 

 Province, San Juan, Argentine Republic ; given by Major 

 Ricarde-Seaver. 



Eight specimens of early Peruvian pottery. 



A model of the tomb of a Haida Indian, from Metlakatla, 

 British Columbia. 



A finely-carved mask of acid lava, representing a human 

 face with open mouth and stifily braided hair ; on the reverse 

 side is carved in relief the figure of a man or god with 

 various attributes. The mask is remarkable as being similar 

 to one already in the possession of the Museum, the only 

 diff'erences being that in the new acquisition the lips of the 

 wearer are represented within the lips of the mask, and the 

 material has been well polished. In the older specimen the 

 interior design is somewhat modified in order to make room 

 for the mouth aperture ; originally from Mexico, obtained 

 in Sicih^. 



A gold figure, the face partly hidden by a grotesque mask, 

 from a grave in Colombia, S. America. 



Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales 

 have deposited the greater number of the ethnographical 

 specimens presented to them during their tour round the 

 world in 1901. The collection includes a canoe from the 

 Solomon Islands ; a model canoe, two model houses, a 

 number of jade clubs and ornaments, a number of weapons 

 of wood and whale's bone, and a number of feather cloaks 

 from the Maoris of New Zealand ; a chief's head-dress from 

 North-West America ; weapons, dresses, and a saddle from 

 North j^.merica ; and several knobkerries and chiefs' staves 

 and shields from South Africa. 



III. — Christy Collection. 



During the j^ear 78 slips have been prepared for the 

 Registration Catalogue, with sketches of the objects, and 

 194 objects have been registered. The Christy Trustees 

 have acquired by donation the following objects, which they 

 have transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum. 



I. — Prehistoric Antiquities of Europe, Asia, and 

 Africa : — 

 A flint implement, roughly worked along one longitudinal 

 edge, from Barton Cliff", near Lymington ; given by H. P. 

 Duprey, Esq. 



An ochreous drift implement with abraded edges, from the 

 drift gravels at Bournemouth ; given by Duncan Woodroff'e, 

 Esq. 



