24 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A canoe from Batanga, West Africa, a fork and spoon carved in ivory, probably by 

 natives of Congo in the IGth century, under Portuguese influence; from A. W. 

 Franks, Esq. 



Two sticks used for producing fire, an ornament worn by male Kafirs, and a crucible 

 used for smelting metals in the Zulu country ; from John Sanderson, Esq. 



3. Ethnography of Asia and the Asiatic Islands. — A number of weapons from 

 Hindostan, including some curious swords used by the Garos, Khasias, and other hill 

 tribes ; from Arthur Bridge, Esq. 



A collection of specimens from Assam, principally from the Naga tribes ; from J, M. 

 Foster, Esq., f.s.a. 



Two Lepcha swords, and two Bhotanese weapons; from Dr. J. D. Hooker, f.k.s. 



Two Oriental powder-flasks, from John Henderson, Esq., F.s.A. ; a spear, probably 

 from India, from Professor J. Tennant, F.G.S. ; and various Indian weapons, from 

 A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Bows and arrows, an iron axe, hoe, and knife, bag made of Upas-tree bark, and three 

 pairs of ear-ornaments, from the Veddaha of Ceylon ; from His Excellency the Eight 

 Hon. W. H. Gregory, Governor of the Island. 



Two Chinese pigeon-whistles, cards of the secret society of Han, and specimen of 

 po-J'an (bandoline), used in the province of Se-chuen, from Dr. F. Jagor, of Berlin ; two 

 Chinese figures of animals embroidered in silk, from Mr. C. W. Liiders, of Hamburg ; 

 and a Japanese dagger, from Mr. H. K. Kagawa, of Japan. 



Asiatic Islands. — Two large shields, from Arthur Bridge Esq. ; an arrow and an 

 arrow-head from the Philippine Islands, and a series of specimens illustrating the manu- 

 facture of hattik cloth, from Suracarta, Java, from Dr. F. Jagor, of Berlin, 



Spears from the islands of Engano and Nias, and various weapons and objects from 

 other islands and New Guinea ; from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A number of specimens from Engano, Nias, the Pagai Islands, Celebes, Timor, Ceram, 

 New Guinea, &c. ; from the Baron C. B. H. von Rosenberg, of Darmstadt, being 

 duplicates of the collection presented by him some years since to the Darmstadt Museum. 



4. Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia. — An adze, two stone adze-heads, and 

 shell implement for scraping cocoa-nut, from San Christoval, Solomon Islands, a shell 

 adze-head from Banks' Islands, and a shell ornament, and two cloths in process of 

 weaving, from the island of Santa Cruz ; from William Blackmore, Esq. ; an adze with 

 shell blade, from Leper's Island, New Hebrides, from the Rev. R. H. Codrington ; 

 bows, arrows, &c., from the New Hebrides, from J. Ewen Davidson, Esq., and C. B. 

 Grimaldi, Esq. ; a dancing-club, wooden bowls, fish-hooks, ornaments, &c., from the 

 Solomon Islands, and other objects from the Fijis, Rotumah, and other islands, from 

 Charles F. Wood, Esq. 



Spears with obsidian heads, probably from the Admiralty Islands, and a number of 

 other specimens from various islands ; from R. G. Whitfield, Esq. 



Two painted spears with obsidian heads, from Captain A. C. Tupper, F.S.A. 

 A fish-hook from New Caledonia, and a tortoise-shell dish from Hermit Island, from 

 M. Ferdinand Worlee, of Hamburg. 



A wooden spear, shell adze-head, and comb, from the island of Yap, Caroline Islands, 

 and a piece of ornamental cord from the Ralick Group ; from M. Caesar GodefFroy, of 

 Hamburg. 



Two rude stone implements from old kitchen-middens in New Zealand, from Dr. 

 Otto Finsch, of Bremen ; and a carved club probably from the Tongan Group, from 

 Charles S. Perceval, Esq., ll.d., f.s.a. 



A helmet made of fish-skin, from theKingsmill Islands, clubs from New Caledonia and 

 the Fijis, including an immense one from the latter group ; a dancing shield from Easter 

 Island, and other specimens from various islands; from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A collection of objects from Queensland, Australia, including an interesting series of 

 stone implements, and a long wooden club ; from Charles B. Grimaldi, Esq. 



A rare painted shield from Rockingham Bay, another shield, clubs, axes, and other 

 objects from Queensland ; from J. Ewen Davidson, Esq. 



A widow's cap made of white clay, from the Murray River tribe. New South Wales, 

 from David Murray, Esq. ; a Myall wood walking stick carved by a native of New South 

 Wales, from George Salting, Esq. ; and two shields, from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Specimens obtained near Lake Hope, Central Australia, including a staff having a 

 flint mounted in gum at one end, " used as an axe," a large neatly made painted bag, 

 boomerangs, &c. ; from the Rev. W. D. Parish. . 



5. Antiquities and Ethnography of America: — 



(a.) North America. — A collection of objects from the Esquimaux ; made by Admiral 

 Sir E. Belcher, k.c.b., during the course of Beechey's voyage to Behring's Straits, in 

 1825-28, including a series of tools atid specimens illustrating the manufacture of stone 

 implements; and stone implements and other articles from the North West Coast; all 

 from A. W. Franks, E.3q. ; a stone pestle found on the Eraser River, British Columbia, 

 from John Evans, Esq., f.k.S. ; a small bust of a native woman in walrus ivory, and 



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