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GROUP X.—SMALL WARE AND EANCY GOODS. 
SECTION I.—MANUFACTURES OF MEERSCHAUM, TORTOISE 
SHELL, HORN, BONE, IYORY, MOTHER-OF-PEARL, WHALE- 
BONE, &c. 
Madras Committee. 
Writing-desk. Buffalo horn and ivory. Vizaga 
patam. 
Blotting-book. Buffalo horn and ivory. Vizaga- 
patam. 
Envelope eases (3). Buffalo horn and ivory. Viza- 
gapatam. 
Bookslide and inkstand. Buffalo horn and ivory. 
Vizagapatam. 
Stamp-box, paper-weight and paper-cutter. Buffalo 
horn and ivory. Vizagapatam. 
Work box. Buffalo horn with sandal-wood fittings. 
Vizagapatam. 
Carved ivory glove stretehers. From Travancore. 
H.H. The First Prince of Travancore. 
Card case. Carved ivory (Indian subjeets). Tra 
vancore. 
Paper-weight and paper-knives (3). Carved ivory 
t (Indian subjeets). From Travancore. 
Carved flower stand, with gilt copper snake en- 
twining it. 
Carved cocoanut Shell. 
Bombay Committee. 
Carved bison-horn figures (animals). From Beigaum 
and Rutnagheery. 
Flower dish with stand, carved bison horn. From 
Rutnagheery. 
Surat Sub-oommittee. 
Carved ivory figures (of men, animals, &c.) From 
Surat. 
Guickwar of Baroda. 
Dish, spoon, knife, &c. of horn. From Baroda. 
Framjee Heerjibhoy, Bombay. 
Ivory alphabets (60 sets). 
Carved ivory glove boxes (2), Bombay and China 
work. 
Paper-cutters (12,) eombs (5), and pen-stand. 
Carved ivory. 
Tortoiseshell paper Cutters (2). 
Cavusjee Munchurjee, Bombay. 
Desks, glove boxes, card cases, chess-boards, paper- 
cutters, and other fancy articles, in ivory, bison 
horn, and stag horn. 
Bengal Committee. 
Collection of ivory carvings. From Berhampore :— 
Model of a boat. 
Model of a pleasure bärge. 
Model of a “ bhur ” or boat for carrying produce. 
(8834.) 
A native gentleman. 
A native gentleman reading. 
A cup and ball. 
A “ boistum ” or Hindu mendicant. 
A cow and calf, with milkman. 
An elephant and howdah with grandee, sword- 
bearer, and four spearmen. 
A double ruth with bullocks, driver, and two 
passengers. 
Saggur or hackery with bullocks and driver. 
A plough with pair of oxen and ploughmen. 
An elephant with state howdah, trappings, noble- 
man, and attendants. 
A palki with passenger, eight bearers, two link 
men, and two baggage coolies. 
A brahminy or sacred bull. 
An ekka with pony and driver and passenger. 
A single ruth with bullocks, driver, and pas 
senger. 
Figure of a Mogul. 
Ivory ear-cleaner. “ Hathi-dant-ka-kankhaski.” 
Sylhet. 
Bracelets. From Sylhet. 
Tube (“ Tufungair chunga ”) for shooting, with darts 
(“Tir”). From Sylhet. 
Ruler. From Sylhet. 
Shell bracelets. “ Sunka.” From Sylhet. Eight 
rings, four for eaeh wrist. These are made for 
the women of the hills round Sylhet at Dacca, 
which has long been known for the manufaeture 
of such bracelets. The “ chank ” shells which are 
sliced intorings to form these bracelets are obtained 
from the west and north-west coasts of Ceylon and 
from the Maldives, and the trade in them is one of 
great antiquity in Ceylon. The shells are known 
by the scientific name Turbinella rapa. The 
“ Shakhas ” or Shell workers at Dacca distinguish 
the several shells and their various qualities by 
the names Titkuri, Pati, Lalpati, Ala bela, Dhala, 
Kulai, and Shurti; the Titkuri being the best in 
quality of grain, lustre, and suifability for fine 
cutting and delicate finish. There is considerable 
variety in the patterns of these “ sankha ” brace 
lets, from the rüde broad flat ring to the thin 
delicate armulet, rounded, or with notched or 
beaded edges, carved with tigers’ heads, enriched 
with ornamental incising, and illuminated by 
touches of tinsel, lac-colour, gilding, &c. A large 
series was sent to Kensington last year accom- 
panied by specimens of the shells both before and 
during the process of manufaeture, together with 
'the tools used and photographs showing the men 
at work. 
Pair of gala or lac ehuris (bracelets), from Boodbood 
Division, Burdwan district. 
Pair of horn bracelets, from Monghyr. 
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