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the arms. One was also made for the head; but when the 
dress was round the mummy no opening could be perceived. 
When restored and cleaned, it will serve to illustrate the dress 
of the ancient Peruvians, and, with the other utensils found 
buried, will furnish data to determine the state of the arts and 
condition of this interesting people. ‘These articles consist 
of fourteen vessels of burned pottery, of different sizes; pip- 
kins, jars with long narrow necks, and globular vessels with 
small circular openings—some of remarkably fine workman- 
ship, though they do not seem to be made on a wheel— 
unglazed, bearing the marks of fire, and probably used as 
cooking utensils by the deceased; remains of a basket of 
great beauty, so intricately woven as to be capable of hold- 
ing water, and similar to those still in use in the central 
parts of Africa; calabashes and rush baskets, interwoven 
with coloured worsteds; mats of a similar material, and 
most elaborate workmanship; an ancient Mexican pictorial 
manuscript or hieroglyphic ; ornamental bags, one contain- 
ing the leaves of some vegetable, and a wampum belt. The 
variety and brilliancy of the colours are most remarkable ; 
mostly all the textures are woollen. A piece of cloth, woven 
in stripes of different colours; eight arrows, or bolts; the 
model of a painted paddle; a piece of fishing line, cable 
laid, showing great art in its construction ; a miniature 
stake-net, or fishing trammel, similar to those constructed 
for a like purpose in Ireland. These latter articles lead to 
the belief that this person was a fisherman. 
On the Ist of May the outer garment was removed, in 
presence of a number of gentlemen, chiefly members of 
the Academy, who had purchased the mummy by sub- 
scription. The body was found in a sitting posture—that, 
probably, in which the deceased had sat round the coun- 
cil fires of his nation. The head is bent forward, ap- 
proaching to the knees; the left arm is bent, with the 
hand turned in upon the chest ; around the fingers is worn 
