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(5. ) Glass Collection : — 



A number of specimens of glass, found in excavations at Cyprus, and 15 specimens 

 of glass from the East. A simpulum of purple glass found in the Peloponnesus, presented 

 by Charles Merlin, Esq., H.B.M. Consul at the Pirteus. A slab of Roman mosaic glass 

 with a candelabrum, presented by Alexander Nesbitt, Esq., f.s.a. 



A Roman barrel-shaped vase from Amiens, presented by John Evans, Esq., D.C.L. 



An armlet of Arab work, presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester. 



A bottle of English make with a seal, a demi-lion rampant, found near the old castle of 

 Donegal, and presented by the Eai-1 of Arran. An English tankard enclosing a silver 

 coin of Charles II., presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



An imitation in glass of a New Zealand jade " tiki," presented by R. H. Soden 

 Smith, Esq., F.S.A. 



(6.) Orienta] and Ethnographical : — 



A circular bronze plate with Sanskrit inscription on one side, and a Buddhist divinity 

 painted in oil upon the other, and a gilt figure of the goddess Kwan-yin, both of Chinese 

 work, presented by E. Gilbertson, Esq. 



A collection of bronzes brought from Siam, chiefly Buddhist; three Chinese bronzes and 

 one Japanese, and a Japanese iron and bronze kettle ; 1 1 Asiatic weapons, an oriental shield 

 of fish-skin, and three African weapons ; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. A Syrian 

 dagger, two water bottles, and an iron lamp-stand from Egypt, presented by Thomas 

 Jenner, Esq. 



A circular hide shield with Oriental inscriptions in relief, presented by James Gurney, 

 Esq. : and a sacrificial spoon (sritva) of silvered metal, presented by Henry Willett, 

 Esq., r.G.s. 



Smoked head of a Dyak from Borneo, presented by Robert Henderson, Esq. 



A series of specimens illustrating the manufacture of pottery, two earthen vessels, ten 

 stone axe blades, and two of shell, all from the Solomon Islands, presented by H. B. Guppy, 

 Esq., Surgeon, r.n. 



Ten large figures, twelve masks, and eight figures of birds, all carved in wood and 

 painted in red, black, &c. Obtained from a " temple " in New Ireland by Hugh Hastings 

 Romilly, Esq., and presented by his Grace the Duke of Bedford, k.g. 



A number of bones from cannibal feasts fixed in the trunk of a tree, from the Fiji 

 Islands, presented by Victor A. Williamson, Esq. 



A flint arrowhead from Colorado, North America, presented by Philip Aldworth, Esq. 

 An engraved shell gorget of the rattlesnake pattern, found on an island in Tennessee 

 River, North America, presented by William Bragge, Esq., r S.A. A skin cloak from 

 the Indians of the North- West Coast of America, presented by Mrs. A. M. Clement. 



III. — Christy Collection. 



Three hundred and eighty-six additional slips have been prepared for the Registration 

 Catalogue, with careful sketches of the objects. 



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

 transferred to the Trustees of the British Museum : — 



1. Prehistoric Antiquities oj" Europe, Asia, and Africa : — 



A large series of Drift implements from Kent, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 

 A Drift implement from the Valley of the Thames at Caversham, Berks, presented by 

 Dr. Stevens. 



Stone implements of neolithic age from Montieres near Amiens, presented by John 

 Evans, Esq., d.c.l. 



Twelve stone implements from the East, and two from Italy, presented by A. W. Franks, 

 Esq. 



Two flint implements found by the donor at Ras Berut, Syria, presented by the Rev. 

 Greville J. Chester. 



2. Ethnography of Africa : — 



A wooden drum covered Avith skin at both ends, from Cabenda, West Africa, presented 

 by R. D. Darbishire, Esq., f.s.a. 



A collection of arms and utensils from the Masai, Wa-nyika, Wa-kamba, Wa-chagga, 

 and other tribes of Eastern Equatorial Africa, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



3. Ethnography 



