74 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



the figures being of unusual size and perfection of workman- 

 ship ; given by E. J. K. Corclner, Esq. 



A pottery vase of unusual shape, from Lafargu, Northern 

 Nigeria ; given by Major N. H. C. Dickinson. 



Two ceremonial swords with ivory handles, from Benin, 

 West Africa ; given by " the Friends of the British Museum." 



A Chinese snufF bottle from a native grave, Mombasa, 

 East Africa ; given by Claud Hollis, Esq. 



Belt, whistle, spoon, and club, from South Africa ; given 

 by Sir William Ingram, Bart. 



A series of ornaments and dresses from the Kavirondo 

 and Karamojo of the Uganda Protectorate ; given by H. B. 

 Partington, Esq. 



Six plaster models, life size, of natives of South and South 

 East Africa, made under the direction of the late Dr. Emil 

 Holub. 



An interesting series of ornaments and head-dresses from 

 the Masai, collected by Mrs. S. L. Hinde. 



Two large carved wooden panels, forming the door of the 

 town of Akarre, N. Nigeria, three fetish staves and a chief's 

 axe ; collected by L. Kentish-Rankin, Esq. 



A large brass vase and cover from Ashanti, found con- 

 cealed behind the house of the Queen Regent after the capture 

 of the town of Ajesu. 



A fine figure of a native horseman in cast bronze, from 

 Benin, chief's stafi", dance sword and club, rattle, carved 

 wooden pillow, and other objects from the Congo. 



A dance-spear from the Masai, East Africa. 



Oceania. — A large and highly important collection illus- 

 trating the ethnography of the tribes of Central Australia, 

 including ornaments, weapons, utensils, and objects used for 

 magical and ceremonial purposes ; collected and given by 

 Professor Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen, Esq. 



Ethnographical objects, mostly weapons and implements, 

 from New Zealand, Hawaii, Tonga, Tahiti, Pitcairn's Island, 

 Marquesas Islands, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and New 

 Guinea; bequeathed by the late Francis Brent, Esq., f.s.a. 



Plaster cast of a stone said to be used in initiation cere- 

 monies by the natives of Wingham, Manning River, Australia ; 

 given by A. E. Hansford, Esq. 



A series of weapons and message-sticks from Western 

 Australia, and other ethnographical objects from Hawaii, New 

 Zealand, Solomon and Santa Cruz Islands, New Guinea, and 

 Micronesia ; given by Sir William Ingram, Bart. 



A large wooden food-trough elaborately carved, formerly 

 used by the head-hunters of the Rubiana Lagoon, Solomon 

 Islands, in their cannibal feasts; collected by Captain (now 



