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No. 2 and 3, were collected during Capt. Beechey’s voyage of dis¬ 
covery, a.d. 1825 — 1828. 
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 La¬ 
brador ; 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 poi¬ 
soned arrows ; a bag of netted twine, with bombax and some poisoned 
arrows from the Indians of the Maranon. Presented by Lieut. Henry 
Lister Maw , 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 7J feet wide, decorated 
with borders and various stellated patterns, produced 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 pattern produced in the weaving. A piece of very narrow cloth, 
of the original width before it is made up for use. From Africa. Pre¬ 
sented 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. Pre¬ 
sented by J. Whitfield , Esq. 
A cap, made of a fine mat, from the Cape of Good Hope. Pre¬ 
sented by Captain Duncan, 1780. 
Several pieces of cloth formed of narrow strips on a white ground ; 
a w T hite 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 sun-shade, 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 musical instrumenta 
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 ; tw o 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 w eaving the narrow 
cloth, used by the Africans. All from Ashantee. Presented by T. E. 
Bowdich , Esq., and described in his Travels, p. 307, fyc. 
Case 7. Two baskets made of a species of juncus; two water-bas¬ 
kets made of the bark of a birch; a bladder, containing a pigment used 
by the natives; a quiver, some arrows, and a bow T ; the rope of a canoe; 
a necklace 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 
