76 ACCOUNTS, EIC, OF THE BRITfSH MUSEUM. 



I. — Prehistoric Antiquities of Europe, Asia, and 

 Africa : — 

 Donations. — " Eolithic " implement ,of bird's-beak type 

 from the Kent Plateau; B. Harrison, Esq. 



Chert arrowheads from prehistoric dolmens, Guyotville, 

 near Algiers ; Mrs. Eustace Smith, 



Purchase. — A series of " Eolithic " implements from the 

 Kent Plateau ; collected by B. Harrison, Esq. 



II. — Ethnography of Asia : — 



Donations. — Cylindrical wooden drum from India ; R. C. 

 Fisher, Esq. 



Quiver and arrows from Mt. Victoria, Pakkoku, Chin 

 Hills ; A. P. Grenfell, Esq. 



Spoons in common use, from Ladakh ; St. George Little- 

 dale, Esq. 



Head-dress of a Japanese courtier, and a thrusting-dagger 

 (jamdhar), with mechanical blade, from India ; C. Lund, Esq. 



Head-dresses worn by women of the Kaw tribe of Shans, 

 Mekong Valley ; E. W. Gates, Esq. 



Dagger-handle of green jade, carved in a floral design 

 from Persia, and an unusually fine head-dress, worn by a 

 woman, decorated with turquoise, pearls, coral, amber, and 

 silver, from Centra] Asia; C. H. Read, Esq., F.s.A. 



Harness for reindeer from Gejiga, North-East Siberia ; 

 W. H. Shockley, Esq. 



III. — Ethnography of Africa : — 



Donations. — Native baskets containing " manna," from 

 Lindi, German East Africa ; and carved wooden spoons from 

 Madagascar ; C. Lund, Esq. 



Pottery from the RifF Pirates of Morocco ; sword from the 

 Cameroons ; and pipes of pottery from Lagos ; C. H. Read, 

 Esq., F.S.A. 



IV. — Ethnography of Oceania and Australia : — 



Donations. — Wooden calabash, lava Jamp, and other 

 objects from Kaupo, Maui, Hawaiian Islands ; A. G. Burchardt 

 Ashton, Esq. 



Axe with ground stone blade, from the New Hebrides ; 

 the Rev. Dr. R. H. Codrington. 



A wooden tablet completely covered on both sides with 

 an incised hieroglyphic inscription, from Rapa Nui (Easter 

 Island). These tablets are exceedingly rare, and the number of 

 those known to be in existence is very small : this specimen 

 is the first to be acquired by the British Museum ; 0, M. 

 Dalton, Esq., f.s.a. 



