89 
Upon Tablet 35 a to / are figures in base gold from New 
Granada (Paris Exhibition, 1867). Upon Tablet 33 h (S and 
D, U 36) is a piece of sheet gold, which formed part of the 
•wrapping of a mummy, found in Arica, Peru, in excavating for 
the railroad. Upon Tablet 36 (S and D, U 31) is an ornament, 
found in Peru, in the form of a fish, made of thin sheet silver ; 
it has been cut with a very blunt tool, for the edges are still 
ragged. It formed one of many ornaments upon a mantle, 
trimmed with feathers, now in the Collection of the American 
Ethnological Society. 
C 32. 
Nos. I and 2 (S and D 565 and 458). — Metatls " of trachyte, 
each in the form of a carnivorous animal ; from the Chiriqui 
graves. The upper part of the body is expanded into a flat 
table, upon which the maize was crushed with a roller or 
pestle. The tail of the animal has served as a handle. The 
legs and sides of these objects are covered with sculptured 
ornament. 
No. 3 (S and D 457). — Stone pestle used with the above kind 
of corn-crusher. It was found with No. 2. No. 4, "Metatl" 
similar to Nos. i and 2 ; it was presented to the Collection by 
Captain Oliver Eldridge. 
The Objects from Nicaragua are shown in Cases A 42 
AND E 8. 
A 42. 
Nos. I to 4. — Stone hatchets from Nicaragua, presented to 
the Collection by Mr. F. Boyle, F.R.G.S. No. i is of an 
elegant form, and is made of milky quartz. 
Pottery from Nicaragua. 
E 8. 
No. 35. — Vessel of black ware with two handles, and with a 
flat bottom. 
No. 36. — Rattle of coarse ware, in the form of a grotesque 
human figure. 
Nos. 37 and 38. — Gourd-shaped vessels of brown ware. 
No. 39. — Vessel of brown ware, representing the human face 
