Fig. 182.—Brass oblong box, lid deficient. Lock of European form and ornamentation. Faces and sides of box ornamented with raised rosettes and incised floral designs resembling that on Figs. [76 to 78], Plate XII, Fig. [225], Plate XXX, Fig. [282], Plate XXXVII, and Fig. [306], Plate XL. It has four legs, and is European in appearance.
Fig. 183.—Wooden head-dress, with carved representations of animals on top. Said to be from Benin, West Africa. It was brought over from West Africa with things from Benin. It is similar in character to Figs. [176 and 177], Plate XXVI. It is perhaps Jekri, see a paper by Messrs. Granville and Ling Roth in the “Journ. Anthrop. Inst.” Vol. I, New Series, Plate VIII, Fig. 3.
[DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XXVIII.]
Figs. 184 and 185.—Large mancala board of bronze. It has 352 holes; another in this collection, Fig. [116], Plate XX, has only ten circular holes. The sides are ornamented with rectangular forms linked together. This game is distributed all over Africa, especially where Arab influence is seen. It is also found in Palestine, Syria, Arabia, Maldive Islands, India, Ceylon, Malay Peninsula, Java and the Philippine Islands.
Figs. 186 and 187.—Curved iron knife, with handle carved as a human figure. The edge is on the convex side.