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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 7 5 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 
Clapper ton . 
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¬ 
sical 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, 
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 
