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ROOM I. 
white ground; a white cloth, painted with black pat¬ 
terns ; two others made of different coloured stripes ; 
and a single stripe formed of three different colours ; a 
piece of very fine matting; a child’s umbrella, or sun¬ 
shade, covered with various coloured and printed cot¬ 
tons, and stripes of woollen cloth, with a carved wooden 
top; an iron padlock and keys ; four variously shaped 
earthenware tobacco-pipe heads; a small earthen pan, 
with a deeply-notched edge; a small basket; a string 
of beads resembling spangles, formed from shells; a 
fly-flapper, made from hair; a shuttle and reel of 
thread belonging to the loom ; a musical instrument; a 
leather pouch, surrounded by stripes of leather, and 
worked with leather and cloth in different patterns; a 
short dagger, and a wooden handle and sheath, orna¬ 
mented with brass; a pair of worked sandals; two ar¬ 
rows, with steel heads ; a large leathern cushion, and 
a stool of carved zesso wood. On the top of the 
Case is a loom for weaving the narrow cloth, used 
by the Africans. All from Ashantee. Presented by 
T. E. Bowdich, Esq. and described in his Travels , 
p. 307, %c. 
Case 7. Two baskets made of a species of juncus; 
two water-baskets made of the bark of a birch ; a blad¬ 
der, containing a pigment used by the natives ; a quiver, 
some arrows, and a bow ; the rope of a canoe ; a neck¬ 
lace formed of shells ; and an axe, the iron of which 
was probably obtained from an English or American 
ship from Terra del Fuego. 
Case 8. A coat of mail formed of seven folds of 
horse skin, used by the Araucarian Indians on the west 
coast of South America, taken from the body of an In¬ 
dian who was shot by a party of Chilian Indians, sent 
to disperse an incursion of the native tribes; a pair of 
spurs; a couple of balls, united by a cord, which are 
used to destroy the wild animals, and a pair of rattles ; 
all from the coast of Patagonia. 
Over these Cases are two fishing spears from 
Terra del Fuego ; a spear from the west coast of Au¬ 
stralasia ; 
