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



(6.) Ethnographical. — A portion of the loot from Coomassie, West Africa, consisting 

 of 12 gold and 12 silver ornaments. 



A Mexican terra-cotta head, presented by Don Alesandro Cerda y Morodes; and a 

 terra-cotta figure from Central America, presented by John M. Mitcheron, Esq. 



A terra-cotta vase from the Nilagirl Hills, Southern India; presented by A. W. 

 Franks, Esq. 



An ancient Chinese jade vase, found in a tomb near the Great Wall of China. 



A Chinese steatite seal, which belonged to the well-known Commissioner Yeh ; pre- 

 sented by J. T. V. Hardy, Esq. 



A Jajjanese bronze mirror, presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 



Two skulls prejjared for drinking cups, taken by Hamad-ikky, King of Dixcove, after 

 the bombardment of Aquidah by H. M. Ship " Druid ; " presented by James Morton 

 Paske, Esq., r.n. 



A model of a boat made in cloves, from the Asiatic Archipelago, and a Chinese shirt of 

 rattan ; presented by Mrs. Buttervvorth, by desire of the late Miss Butterworth. 



III. — Christy Collection. 



The following progress has been made in arranging and augmenting this collection, 

 which remains at 103, Victoria-street, Westminster. 



Various minor improvements in classification have been made, but further progress in 

 this dii-ection is impeded by want of space, and the temporary nature of the arrange- 

 ments. 



50-i objects have been mounted on tablets, and 809 additional slips have been prepared 

 for the resristration catalogue. 



The following donations have been received by the Christy Trustees, and by them 

 transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum : — 



1. Pre-liistoric Antiquities of Europe, Asin, and Africa. — Flint implements discovered 

 in a cave at Brixham, Devonshire ; described In the Report of the Bri.\ham Cave Com- 

 mittee, printed In the Philosophical Transactions ; from the Boyal Society. 



Flint implements discovered in ancient flint works at Cissbury, Sussex, from Ernest 

 H. Willett, Esq. ; stone implements found In Ireland, from the Earl of Ennlskillen ; 

 arrowheads found In Scotland, from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A fine flint celt found at Amiens, from John Evans, Esq., F.K.S. ; a flint arrowhead of 

 Egyptian type found in a cave in Champagne, from Mons. Jean de Baye. 



A collection of flint and stone Implements found in Denmark, from A. W. Franks,Esq. ; 

 a worked flake from the Government of Olonetz, Russia, from Mons. P. J. Lerch, of St. 

 Petersburg. 



Flint cores and flakes found on the banks of the Spree, from the Magistracy of 

 Berlin. 



A flint Implement from Cumas, from the Rev. GrevIUe Chester ; a collection of stone 

 implements, from Italy, Greece, Asia Minor and EgyjDt, from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A large series of stone Implements found by the Abbe Moretain at Beth Saour, near 

 Bethlehem, and obtained by the late Mr. Tyrwhitt Drake ; from A. W. Franks, Esq.; 

 stone implements found in Egypt by the donor. Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.p. 



2. Eihnofjrapliy of Africa. — Specimens from various parts of Africa, from John David- 

 son, Esq. : a terra-cotta rubber used in Egypt, from H. Maxwell Lyte, Esq. ; a knife 

 from East Central Africa, from Dr. WroblewskI, of Copenhagen. 



Ashantee weights and weapons, and an ancient carved ivory head, probably from 

 Congo, from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Various objects used by the Bushman tribes of South Africa, from Dr. Bleek. 



3. Ethnography of ^szV/.— Objects from Ladakh, from Dr. Aitchison, through the 

 Director of^the Uoyal Gardens, Kew ; a collection from the Naga tribes of Assam, from 

 A. W. Franks, Esq. ; two flints used in making paper in Central India, from Colonel 

 Keatinge ; a cup of rhinoceros horn, from John Davidson, Esq. 



Enamelled Chinese mirror and sceptre, from A. W. Franks, Esq., and a Chinese seal 

 from John Henderson, Esq., f.s.a. 



4. Ethnography of Oceania and Australasia. — The kava bowl of Thakumbau, King of 

 Fiji, presented by the Corporation of Maidstone, in accordsmce with the intention of the 

 late Julius L. Brenchley, Esq.; a very large Fiji club, from the Lit(!rary and Philo- 

 sophical Society of Sheffield. 



Various ethnographical specimens from the South Seas, from John Davidson, Esq., 

 C. Frederic Wood, Esq., and A. W. Franks, Esq. ; a fish-bone dagger, from Henry 

 Willett, Esq., f.g.s. 



A large food-bowl, from the Solomon Islands, given by the King of Guadalcanar to 

 Admiral Sir Henry Denham, and tAVO wooden carvings, from A. W. Franks, Esq. ; a 

 collection of stone Implements from the Solomon Islands, from the Rev. R. H. Cod- 

 rington. 



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