80 ACCOUNTS^ ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Three forehead ornaments of pearl-shell and turtle -shell, 

 from Port Moresby, New Guinea ; given by Capt. F. R. 

 Barton, Administrator of British New Guinea. 



A large stalagmite ring, used as currency, from Erromango 

 Island, New Hebrides ; given by Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge^ 



G.C.B. 



A pig of iron, which once formed part of the ballast of 

 H.M.S. Bounty, from. Pitcairn Island; given by the Earl of 

 Crawford, k.t. 



A grotesque head, rudely carved in lava, said to have 

 been dug up on Easter Island, 1901-2 ; given by Carlos 

 E. Fuensalida, Esq. 



A remarkable pestle and mortar of carved stone, found 

 beneath 12 feet of gold-bearing gravel, with large trees 

 growing above, from the Yedda River, British New Guinea. 

 The fact that the natives of this locality at the present day 

 have no use for such an article in the preparation of their 

 food adds to the interest of this specimen. Given by C. A. 

 W. Monckton, Esq., Resident Magistrate. 



A so-called ••' domestic idol " of very unusual type, from 

 Easter Island. 



Three remarkable stone implements, comprising two adzes 

 and a chisel, found by Lieut. G. T. F. Pike, of H.M.S Gomus, 

 on Pitcairn Island. Illustrated in Journal A nthr op. Inst., 

 new series, vol. III., p. 83. 



Six stone implements of unusually primitive type, from 

 New South Wales, Australia. 



Two large wooden drums, carved and painted, from the 

 Tugeri tribe, New Guinea. 



A wooden door-lintel, elaborately carved with open-work 

 spirals and three grotesque anthropomorphic figures, from 

 New Zealand. 



A model of a native house, made by a Maori, from New 

 Zealand. 



A7}%erica. — A pottery vase of unusual dimensions, and a 

 series of weapons and other objects of ethnographical interest, 

 from the tribes in the neighbourhood of the head waters of 

 the Amazon, South America ; given by G. Lomas, Esq. The 

 vase is illustrated in Man, 1904, 32. 



Two pieces of ancient pottery, from Mexico ; given by 

 Mrs. F. Haggard. 



A facsimile of a Mexican manuscript, entitled " Codex 

 Magliabecchiano xiii. 3; Manuscrit Mexicain Post-Colombien 

 de la Bibliotheque Nationale de Florence " ; given by the 

 Due de Loubat. 



A small ornamental mask of beaten gold of ancient 

 manufacture, in remarkably high relief, showing considerable 

 skill in workmanship ; from Peru. 



