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MISCELLANEOUS [UPPER FLOOR. 
Case 4. A seal-skin dress ; a dog’s harness for a sledge, 
and the handle of an instrument for throwing bird-darts, 
from the coast of Labrador ; a pair of boots ornamented 
with leather of different colours, with divided toes; a 
leathern whip, and some arrows from the interior of Peru. 
Case 5. A quiver formed of palm leaves, containing 
small poisoned arrows; a bag of netted twine, with bom- 
bax and some poisoned arrows from the Indians of the 
Maranon. Presented by Lieut . Henry Lister Mcliv , R.N. 
Various wampum belts, and a pair of eye-shades, formed 
of wood. From the Sloane Collection. 
A straw hat, a poncho , or cloak, leggings, shoes, spurs, 
and stirrups. From Chili . Presented by -—— Sinclair , 
Esq. 
A hammock, from Africa, presented by H. Bright , Esq.; 
and a pair of sandals, from Ashantee, presented by Mr. 
Fenton. 
Case 6. A piece of cloth, 16| feet long by *l\ feet wide, 
decorated with borders and various stellated patterns, pro¬ 
duced by discharging the deep colour of the indigo; it is 
woven in narrow strips, each three inches wide. Another 
piece of cloth, formed of similar strips, but the check pat¬ 
tern produced in the weaving. A piece of very narrow 
cloth, of the original width before it is made up for use. 
From Africa. Presented by Major Denham and Captain 
Clapperton. 
A Foulah cloak, formed of very narrow strips of cloth, 
a cap, and a musical instrument, from the neighbourhood 
of Sierra Leone. Presented by J. Whitfield , Esq . 
A cap, made of a fine mat, from the Cape of Good 
Hope. Presented by Capt. Duncan , 1780. 
Several pieces of cloth formed of narrow strips on a 
white ground ; a white cloth, painted with black patterns; 
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 sunshade, covered 
with various coloured and printed cottons, 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 mu- 
