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bull's head ; two jewelled gold discs with enamelled ornament, a pair 

 of gold ear-rings, a necklace of glass and gold beads, and a large iron 

 spear-head, all from Lombard graves ; and a late VII cent. Frankish 

 jewelled cruciform ornament of iron with gold-foil covering, presented 

 by Mr. 0. R. Beard. 



In the Department of Ceramics and Ethnography, the most 

 important acquisition was a vase with two pricket candlesticks, of 

 porcelain of the Wan Li period, bought with the help of the National 

 Art-Collections Fund and friends of the Museum. Valuable gifts of 

 Oriental ceramics were also received from Sir Percival David and Mr. 

 Harvey Hadden. The Harland Bequest provided three interesting 

 pieces of English pottery. 



To the Ethnographical Collections were added objects (including 

 a wooden corslet with totemic design) from the N.W. coast of America, 

 collected by Kotzebue ; a Tibetan necromancer's apron, given by 

 Sir Robert Greg ; a bronze breastplate from Lagos ; and four fine pieces 

 of Gandhara sculpture given at the wish of the late Mr. Dighton Pollock 

 by his widow ; and, presented by the Mexican Government, three 

 limestone blocks with ancient Maya frescoes. 



The Department of Coins and Medals acquired a fine silver stater 

 of Aptera, signed by Pythodoros, of the 4th cent. B.C. ; an unpubhshed 

 gold medallion of Constantius II ; thirty gold nobles from a treasure 

 buried at Borth about 1425 ; the unique Tournai half- groat of 

 Henry VIII ; and the unique gold mohur of Jahangir with the portrait 

 of Akbar, presented by the National Art-Collections Fund with the 

 help of Mr. Henry Van den Bergh. 



The following pubhcations have been issued in the course of the 

 year : — 



Corpus of Italian Medals of the Renaissance before Celhni, 2 vols. 



Catalogue of Books printed in the XVth Century, Part VI. 



Catalogue of the Montague Guest Collection of Badges, Tokens and 

 Passes. 



Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman 

 Antiquities, Vol. I, Part II. 



General Guide to the Egyptian Collections, new edition. 



Corpus Vasorum, Part V. 



Schools of Illumination, Part VI. 



Facsimile of Magna Charta, Reprint. 



Pamphlet on " The Babylonian Story of the Deluge and the Epic of 

 Gilgamesh," new edition. 



Summary Guide to the Exhibition Galleries, 14th edition. 



Two large and 12 smaller colour reproductions from Itahan and 

 Oriental miniatures, frescoes, etc. 



Ten sets of coloured and 6 sets of monochrome postcards of various 

 subjects, Western and Oriental. 



The British Museum Quarterly, Vol. IV, no. 4, and Vol. V, nos. 1-2. 



G. F. HILL, 



Director and Principal Librarian. 



British Museum, 

 1 April, 1931. 



