stralasia; a fish-gig from the South Sea islands. Also 
a canoe, with its paddles, from Behring’s Straits. Fre¬ 
sented by Capt . Beechey , R.N. 
The whole of the contents of the Cases 7 and 8, and 
the spears over them, were collected by Capt. P. P. 
King, in his late voyage, and presented by him to the 
British Museum. 
Case 9. Shelves 1 and 2. Vessels in various forms, 
from tombs of the aboriginal Peruvians. Chiefly from 
the Stoane and Towneley Collections . 
Shelves 3, 4, 5. Various objects, chiefly collected in 
Mexico, and purchased, at the sale of the Mexican 
Museum belonging to Mr. Bullock; they consist of 
small statues formed of various stones, and of rude 
workmanship; a mask of stone; two statues, and five 
fragments of terracotta, found on the mountains of Te- 
zeossingo, the pyramids of St. Taun de Toetiutican ; 
an adze; a heart-shaped ornament of serpentine, with 
engraved characters resembling hieroglyphics; two 
vases of alabaster, one with the head and arms of a 
monkey sculptured on it, the other with the head, tail, 
and wings of a cock; a small terracotta statue of a sit¬ 
ting figure, similar to an Egyptian sphinx ; a head of a 
boy in basalt; a small vase-shaped statue ; an Azteek 
mirror, made of a large plate of obsidian, polished on 
both sides ; a large double bottle of black earthenware, 
one of the bottles with the head of a dog, the other 
with that of a bird; a small earthen vessel in the form 
of a dog; several knives formed of obsidian, with two 
of the larger pieces from which they have been split; 
an incense burner in the form of an owl; a bust of a 
female sculptured in lava, with a turretted head-dress, 
having some resemblance to the Isis of the Egyptians; 
another of a priest with a mitre-shaped cap decorated 
with jewels and a feather, and with long pendant ear¬ 
rings ; the greater part of the body is covered by a 
large snake, its head being on the right side of the 
figure ; the eyes of this bust were probably supplied by 
jewels; a statue of an Azteek Princess in a sitting pos¬ 
ture ; 
ROOM I. 
