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and necklace round the neck, from New Gramdn 7 7 
W. Turner , Esq., H. M. Envoy to Colombia. Shelf 2. Dried^bodv 
°r mummy, surrounded by its cotton cloth or wrappers, some orna- 
mented with native patterns, from a cave near Gachansipa in the can 
ton of Leiva, about 29 miles from Bogota New , 
* * »*■**£? * s fcstera 
G 7 pf ? C11 . 1 ' from Anca > in Peru. Presented by Lord 
Colchester. Cloth which enveloped the dead body of the ancient 
Peruvians; cups a harpoon, sling, fishing line, fishes’ eyes, basket 
and Indian corn from the tombs of the children of the ancient Peru- 
vians ; the globular vessels were placed with the Indian corn under the 
breasts of the dead bodies. Presented by the Rev. W. V Hennah 
Three mortars, silver images of a divinity, and of Lama, from the tomb; 
of the aboriginal inhabitants of the lake Titicaca. Collected by J. 
Pentland, Esq., and presented by the Earl Dudley. Silver masks 
and earrings, from the huacas or ancient cemeteries at Cacamaca, in the 
district of Pura, on the coast of Peru ; bronze chisel, found at Truxillo 
Presented by N. II. Brassey, Esq. 
Cases 36, 37. Shelf 1. S. America Vessels of black ware, from 
the cemejeries of I eru ; some double, and producing the sound of a 
whistle when blown into, others modelled to represent the human shape 
and various an >mals. Shelf 2. Vases of red ware of various shapes,’ 
many ornamented with native patterns, others modelled to represent the 
human form, apes, &c. The most remarkable of these are a vase mo- 
delled in shape of a human head, and another like a sitting figure; made 
by ancient inhabitants of the islands on the lake Titicaca; stone vases 
m the shape of the Lama, from the temple of Cuzco. Presented bu 
the Earl Dudley and Gilbert Brandon, Esq. Shelf 3. Bows and 
arrows, said to be of the tombs of the time of the Incas some 
irom Moxas and Sorata. Presented by Gilbert Brandon, Esq 
Bows and poisoned arrows, a quiver formed of palm leaves containing 
small poisoned arrows, a bag of netted twine with bombyx, and some 
poisoned arrows, from the Indians of the Maranon. Presented bu 
Lieut. II. Lister Mawe R.N. Staff, and paddle of the ancient 
Peruvians, from a tomb near Yea. Presented by Belford Hinton 
Wilson, Esq. A straw hat, a poncho or cloak, shoes, spurs and 
stirrups, from Chili. Presented by Mr. Sinclair. A pair of boots 
ornamented with leather of different colours, and with pointed toes; a 
leathern whip; some arrows from the interior of Peru; a coat of mail 
lormed of seven folds of horse skin, used by the Araucarian Indians, on 
the W. Coast of S. America; a pair of spurs, a couple of balls united 
by a cord, used to destroy wild animals; and a pair of rattles, all from 
the coast of Patagonia; two baskets made of a species of iuncus, two 
water baskets made of the bark of the birch, a bladder containing a 
pigment, with rattles used by the Patagonian Indians, gourd for hold- 
mg watei% and tube for sucking it out, from Patagonia. Presented h, 
Jtiarro Herring , Esq. A quiver, some arrows and bow, the rope of 
a canoe, a necklace formed of shells, and an axe, the iron probably 
obtamed from an English or American ship, from Tierra del Fueo-o*- 
bone tools from the same place. Presented by H. Cuming , Esq. ° 
An interesting sacrificial bason, ornamented with serpents, from the 
temple of the Sun at Cuzco. Presented by Earl Dudley . 
