50 REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1886. 



GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW OF THE ACCESSIONS. 



AFRICA. 



Several portions of this continent are represented in the Museum by 

 small collections of material received from tbe New Orleans Exposition. 

 These are principally ethnological, consisting of clothing, musical in- 

 struments, etc., and objects of artwork, such as carved brass trays, 

 samples of leather-work, and stone carvings of Scarabeus. Twenty- 

 three species of African mammals were received from the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., and a few birds. 



From Algeria we have five slabs of marble from the old Roman 

 quarries, for many years lost sight of. 



An Egyptian mummy* in excellent state of preservation and ob- 

 tained at Luxor, in Upper Egypt, by Hon. S. S. Cox, United States 

 minister to Turkey, was presented by him to the Museum. 



This mummy measures 5 feet (> inches, is delicately proportioned, and 

 is altogether a very good specimen. No hieroglyphics or inscriptions 

 have thus far been found, either on the mummy or on the outer case, 

 which is also in a good state of preservation. The face and head of the 

 mummy are covered by a mask of green cement, the part covering the 

 face being gilded. A black streak one-half inch wide extends down 

 the cheeks and across the chin, from eye to eye. Side by side on the 

 chest lie four small tablets about the size, of playing-cards, each one 

 having upon it a mummied figure of Osiris in a standing position. 



Two shield-shaped ornaments lie across the breast and stomach re- 

 spectively; the upper one has upon it the sacred beetle with spread 

 wings, beneath which is a Nilometer standing between the two figures 

 which support a globe upon the head. The faces of the figures are cov- 

 ered by a square piece of gold-leaf; at the end of the wings is repre- 

 resented the hawk head of Ra, also supporting a globe. Over the sur- 

 face of the shield are painted representations of jewelry. On the lower 

 figure appears a kneeling figure of Nepte, with extended arms and 

 wings. She wears a headband upon her head, upon which rests a globe; 

 on either side of the head of Nepte are two groups, each containing 

 three small figures. Ostrich plumes appear in the corner of the shield. 

 Along the leg of the mummy lies a sheet of linen, cemented (papier 

 mache") at the top of which is a mummy on a dog-shaped bier. At the 

 head of the bier is a kneeling figure, holding an ostrich plume. Below 

 this is a row of kneeling figures holding plumes. Further down is a 

 second Nilometer, on either side of which a figure, with an implement in 

 each hand, faces two mummied figures, both of which have the faces 

 concealed with a square piece of gold-leaf. The feet are encased in a 

 covering of cemented linen. 



Lieut. M. A. Shufeldt, U. S. Navy, contributed a collection of shells 

 from Madagascar. 



Accession 17401. See Part V. 



