78 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Part of a bronze frieze with 7 seated figures in relief,, 

 from the pagoda on Mount Omi, the sacred mountain Fof 

 Sze-chuen, West China. 



(7.) Oriental and Ethnographical : — 



Asia. — Kn attar casket of silver filigree, taken at the 

 siege of Seringapatam in 1799, the native forces being under 

 the command of Tippoo Sultan, the name of whose father 

 (Hyder Ali) is engraved on one of the fittings ; given by 

 Col. Henry Fraser. 



An extensive and important series of objects illustrating- 

 the religion and ethnography of the tribes of the Baram 

 River district, Sarawak, North Borneo ; collected by Charles^ 

 Hose, Esq., d.sc. 



A cuirass of brass scale-armour, from East Siberia, showing 

 afiinities with Japanese mail, and the wooden cuirasses worn 

 by the natives of Sakhalien and the north-west coast of 

 America. 



The dress and ornaments of a Shan-Palaoung woman, 

 from the Taung-Baing state, Northern Shan States, Burma. 



A silver dish, a bronze mirror with two monsters in 

 relief, and a sword with bronze blade and copper handle, 

 the pommel being hollow and of "butterfly" type; found 

 together at Ardabil, S.W. coast of Caspian Sea, Persia. 



Portions of bronze bowl with animals round the rim, and 

 bronze rings, from Tezpur, Assam ; given by G. Chamney, 

 Esq. 



Africa. — A large and interesting collection of weapons 

 and utensils from the natives of the Uganda and East 

 Africa Protectorates ; collected and given by Col. C. Delme- 

 Radclifi'e. 



An important series of ornaments, weapons, and utensils 

 from the Wa-Kikuyu and Wa-Ndorobbo in the neighbour- 

 hood of Mount Kenia, East Africa Protectorate ; collected and 

 given by W. Scoresby Routledge, Esq. 



A large number of charms, ornaments, weapons, and 

 musical instruments from Nigeria; collected and given by 

 C. L. Temple, Esq., H.B.M. Resident N. Nigeria. 



An important collection of ornaments, weapons, utensils, 

 and objects connected with fetish worship, from the Baluba 

 and Babembe of Lake Mweru, and the Bakuba and Batetela 

 of the Kassai, Congo Free State ; collected and given by 

 M. IRmile Torday. 



Ceremonial head-dress, cap, and boots, heavily ornamented 

 with bead-work, being the insignia of a royal chief, wrong- 

 fully assumed by a chief styled the Elepe of Epe, and 

 confiscated by the Central Native Council ; from the 

 Ijeburemo country ; also a wallet and box, ornamented with 

 bead-work, given to the Governor of Lagos by the Alayeof 

 Efon ; Lagos, West Africa. Given by Sir William Macgregor, 

 K.C.M.G., C.B., Governor of Lagos. 



