ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSED 



M. 



another of the donor, in bone, carved by a Stikene Indian, at Fort Eiipert, Yancouver's 

 Island, from Captain George Reid, r.n. 



Stone and bone implements, and fragments of pottery, from ancient Indian n-raves on 

 the banks of the River Humber, York county, Canada West, from Lieutenant J. G. 

 Murray, k.a. ; a bone awl, and fragments of pottery, found near the Grand River, 

 Haldimand county, Canada West, from Mrs. Henry Walker; stone implements from 

 Prince Edward's Island, Nora Scotia, New York, and Massachusetts, from R. G. 

 Haliburton, Esq., r.s.A. ; and stone implements from Rising Sun, Indiana, and Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A Chippewa pipe, and another from the Sioux, from the Rev. W. D. Parish ; and 

 Indian clubs, from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Three stone axes from the Pueblo Indians, Taos, New Mexico, from William Black- 

 more, Esq. 



(b.) Central America and the West Indies. — A collection of Mexican antiquities formed 

 by the Abbe Brasseur de Bourbourg, including part of a carved stone chest with hiero- 

 glyphs, a remarkable terra-cotta vase in the form of a head, an engraved and painted vase, 

 a small bronze mask, and other objects ; also a fine sculptured mask in green avanturine 

 quartz, found at Laguna, near Vera Cruz ; all from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A long flake of obsidian found in a coffee plantation in Vera Paz, and an obsidian lance- 

 head found near the ruins of the Indian town of Quirigua, on the Motagua River, 

 Guatemala; from His Excellency Edwin Corbett, Esq., H.M. Minister to Guatemala. 



Casts of stone antiquities from North and South America; from the Smithsonian 

 Institution, Washington. 



A collection of stone implements, and fragments of pottery, found in the Island of St. 

 Vincent, from A. W. Fi-anks, Esq. ; a stone celt from Trinidad, from R. G. Whitfield,. 

 Esq. ; and cast of another found in St. Domingo, from Hodder M. Westropp, Esq. 



(c.) South America. — Pottery found in Indian graves in New Granada ; from Dr. J. 

 D. Hooker, f.k.s. 



Stone celts and other objects found in Venezuela; from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A Carib stone charm from Guiana, from J. M. Foster, Esq., r.s.A. ; and three stone 

 celts and other objects from Brazil, from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Bronze implements and stone axe found in Ecuador, a carved wooden box and cover 

 foimd near Lima, a covered basket containing spindles, &c., found in a tomb at Casma, 

 Peru, a carved wooden figure from Easter Island, said to have been found in the guano 

 on the Chincha Islands, lances, bows and arrows from the Indians of Chancamaya, Peru, 

 and Indian ornaments from Ecuador ; from A. W. Fi'anks, Esq. 



In addition to the donations above mentioned, the collection has been enriched by 

 exchanges made by the Trustees of the Christy Collection with the following Institutions — 



Ethnographical specimens from various parts of the world, including sixteen stone 

 implements from Java, Mexican sculptures and other antiquities, as well as objects used 

 by the Patagonians; obtained from the Royal Museum, at Berlin. 



A series of specimens chiefly from Brazil, received in exchange from the Ethnogra- 

 phical Museum at Munich. 



A few purchases have been made from the Christy Fund, including the following 

 objects — 



A small collection of articles of dress. Sec, from tlie Goldi tribe on the River Amur, 

 and an embroidered silk tippet worn by Manchu ladies. 



Two shields and othSr objects used by the tribes of North Aracan, a stone celt found 

 in the plains of the Irrawaddy, Burma ; a stone pounder, drum, earthenware cooking pot, 

 adze, and bow and arrows, from the Andaman Islands; all collected by R. F. St. Andrew 

 St. John, Esq., Assistant Commissioner in British Burma. 



A number of specimens of pottery and some gold ornaments, collected by Mr. R. B. 

 White, in New Granada, South America. 



The Christy Collection is open on Fridays by means of tickets, to be obtained at the 

 British Museum. During the year there have been 871 visitors, as compared with 827 

 in 187L 



Augustus W. Franks. 



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