8 MISCELLANEOUS [ETHNOGRAPHICAL 
at Brambaran, in Java ; figures of Hindu divinities, in alabaster, co- 
loured; the bull Nandi, and lingas; a guitar, elaborately carved in 
ivory, and an ivory carving of a Hindu divinity ; ancient copper plates, 
containing grants of land ; ancient vessels, measures, and Hindu ma- 
thematical instrument. Over this Case is a figure of Kamala, or 
Lakshmi , the consort of Vishnu , bearing the lotus flower in her hand ; 
a figure of Ganesa, with four hands, holding some articles of food, his 
broken tooth, the chank of Vishnu , and a club. 
Cases 8, 9. Shelf 1. Figures of Hindu divinities in wood. Shelf 2. 
Native models of various casts; principally from Northern India. 
Shelf 3. Sword and hat of the Tepeher tribe, Sikkhim country. 
Presented by T. H. Kelly , Esq. Powder horn from Burtpoor. Pre- 
sented by Dr. Jephson . Affghan pistol and cloak, the latter presented 
by Rev. C. Crawford. Bows and arrows from India; three sets. 
Punka or hand fan; India. Slippers from Calcutta. Presented 
by Mr. Hayes. Guz measures, each of a certain number of tussoos 
or thumb’s breadths, 14 of which form the usual standard measure 
of the oriental cubit, from Delhi, Poonah, and the West Coast of India i 
two very ancient jugs ornamented with subjects and inscriptions. 
Over Cases 8, 9, a bronze figure of Siva, with four arms ; in one hand 
is the gadha , or parasha , a warlike weapon, in another is an antelope ; 
and another of Siva , or Mahadeva, trampling on and destroying Tri- 
purasura . From the Collection of the late R. P • Knight , Esq. 
Cases 10, 11. Shelf 1. Baskets from Nubia and Abyssinia; wa- 
ter horn and shield, from the same place ; water bottles from Egypt ; 
Arabic quadrants. Shelf 2. Foulah hat, cap from Ashantee ; musical 
instrument, kind of guitar ; dagger with a brass scabbard ; iron padlock 
and keys ; iron bowl ; large leather cushion ; pillow for the head, also 
used as a stool, of zesso wood, leather apron or pouch, surrounded 
by stripes of the same material, and cloth in different patterns ; string 
of beads resembling spangles, made of shells ; sandals from Ashantee, 
one pair presented by Mr. Fenton ; fly- flapper made of hair ; a shuttle, 
and reel of cotton thread belonging to the loom ; spindles ; specimens 
of native cotton cloth, dyed with indigo, and of silk fabric ; small basket 
spoon for straining flies off from liquids; variously shaped bowls of 
earthenware tobacco pipes ; small black pan, with notched edge ; all 
from Ashantee. Presented by T. E. Bowdich , Esq., and described 
in his Travels, p. 307. War horn of the king of the Ashantees, 
made of a human jaw and an elephant’s tusk, and a Foulah musical 
instrument from the neighbourhood of Sierra Leone. Presented by 
J. Whitfield , Esq. Shelf 3. Bead baskets, baskets decorated with 
leather, and woollen cloth ; carved wooden box ; bason, and water 
bottle used by a Mullah ; cooking dish of black earthenware ; stand 
for a lamp or candle ; carved gourd boxes and calabashes ; all from 
the Niger Expedition, and presented by the Colonial Office , and 
Captain H. Dundas Trotter , R.N. Over Cases 10, 11, baskets 
from Abyssinia. 
Cases 12, 13. Shelf 1. Various specimens of cloth, mostly of native 
fabric, purchased at Egga by the Niger Expedition ; a piece of cloth, 
16£ feet long by 1\ feet wide, decorated with borders, and various 
stellated patterns, produced by discharging the deep colour of the indigo ; 
woven in strips 3 inches wide : another similar, but check pattern, pro- 
