THE MUSEUM.
SOME INTERESTING CONTRIBUTIONS.
Captain Hut ton ha 3 just received four very ancient Buddhas from Burmah, which have been presented to the Canterbury Museum by Captain Wilson, of the steamer Onda. Two of these are in clay ■or terra - cotta, one in whito marble and the other in wood. The Buddhas were obtained from a cave at Moulmein, near Rangoon, in Burmah, by Captain Wilson himself, who incurred no small trouble, and even danger, in his researches. The cave can only be approached in the dry season, because it swarms with shakes, among which Captain Wilson had to take his chances, and crawl in on his hands and knees. The snake difficulty accounts in a great measure for the fact that these relics, have been left undisturbed for so many year 6. Their exact age is not known, but it is- certain that they are at least six hundred years old. Captain Wilson also added to his gifts a Burmese . basket made out of the foot of an elephant. There are already several Indian Bnddhas in the Museum, but these are the first which have been obtained from Burmah. The exhibits will be found in the Indian case irom this date.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6290, 22 September 1898, Page 3
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203THE MUSEUM. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6290, 22 September 1898, Page 3
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