ARTICLES. 
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ROOM I.] 
sical instrument; a leathern pouch, surrounded by stripes 
of leather, and worked with leather and cloth in different 
patterns ; a short dagger, and a wooden handle and sheath, 
ornamented with brass; a pair of worked sandals; two 
arrows 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. Bovodich , Esq 
and described in his Travels , p. 307, fyc. 
Case 7. Two baskets made of a species of juncus ; 
two water-baskets made of the bark of a birch ; a bladder, 
containing a pigment used by the natives ; a quiver, some 
arrows, and a bow ; the rope of a canoe ; a necklace formed 
of shells ; and an axe, the iron of which was probably ob¬ 
tained 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 Indian 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 Australasia; a 
fish-gig from the South Sea islands. Also a canoe, with 
its paddles, from Behring’s Straits. Presented 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 
Sloane and Tovoneley Collections . 
Shelves 3, 4, 5. Various objects, chiefly collected in 
Mexico, and purchased, at the sale of the Mexican Mu¬ 
seum belonging to Mr. Bullock ; they consist of small 
statues formed of various stones, and of rude workman¬ 
ship ; a mask of stone; two statues and five fragments 
of terracotta, found on the mountains of Tezeossingo, the 
pyramids of St. Taun de Toetiutican; an adze; a heart- 
