76 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 
Silver gilt wine cup in the form of a ship, such as were much 
used in England in the sixteenth century. 
Cases 23 and 24. — Remarkable collection of aboriginal 
American jewelry, found in various parts of Colombia and 
Ecuador, South America. The collection consists for the most 
part of objects used for personal adornment. It exhibits sur- 
prising ability of workmanship in metals and knowledge of al- 
loying. 
Alcove 105. 
Case 25. — Coins of gold, electrum, silver, bullion, potin, 
aluminum, nickel, bronze, copper, brass, iron, tin, lead, glass, 
porcelain, and paper, illustrating the metallurgy of coinage. 
Ancient coins: Roman, Greek, and Italian. 
Collection illustrating folk lore of precious stones. A large 
number of specimens showing gems and other mineral or or- 
ganic substances to which healing or talismanic virtues were 
ascribed. 
Alcove Walls. — Shield of steel and gold (5 feet by 8 feet) 
upon which are illustrated scenes in the Norse legend of Frithiof 
and Ingeborg. 
Bronze group: Lafayette and Washington, by Bartholdi, 
the eminent French sculptor. 
