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ROOM I. 
Case 10. Shelf 1. Cloth which enveloped 
the dead bodies of ancient Peruvians; cups, a 
harpoon, sling, fishing-line, fishes’ eyes, basket, 
and Indian corn ; from the tombs of children of 
the ancient Peruvians. The globular vessels 
were placed, with Indian corn, under the breasts 
of the dead bodies. Presented by the Rev . TV. 
V. Hennah , 1828. 
Shelves 3 and 4. Three mortars, silver images, 
and vessels ; from the tombs of aboriginal Peru¬ 
vians in the island of Titicaca. Collected by J. 
Pentland , Esq . and presented by the Right Hon. 
the Earl Dudley , Secretary of State for Foreign 
Affairs. Five earthen images,from tombs in Vera 
Cruz. Presented by G. A. Princep , Esq., 1821. 
Shelf 2. Seven vessels from tombs of abori¬ 
ginal Peruvians of maritime provinces on the 
Coast of the Pacific. One vase from Tiaquauco. 
Presented by the Earl Dudley, from Mr. Pent- 
land’s Collection. 
Shelf 5. Stone basin, ornamented with ser¬ 
pents j a smaller basin, ornamented in the an¬ 
gles, at the outside, by four animals; a small 
vessel in the form of a Llama: from the Temple 
of the Sun at Cusco. Presented by the Earl 
Dudley, from Mr. Pentland’s Collection. A ves¬ 
sel in the form of a human figure. From the 
Sloane Collection, No. 404. 
The remaining Cases contain articles from 
the west coast of North America and the South 
Seas, 
