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time provinces on the coast of the Pacific. One vase from Tiaquauco. 
Presented by the Earl Dudley,from Mr. Pentland’s Collection. 
Shelf 5. Stone basin, ornamented with serpents ; a smaller basin 
ornamented in the angles, at the outside, by four animals ; a small ves¬ 
sel 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 
vessel 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, chiefly presented by Sir Joseph Banks , 
Captain James Cook , R.N., and Archibald Menzies, Esq. Many of 
them are figured in Captain Cook’s Voyages. 
Case 11. Fishing implements from Nootka Sound and Oonalashka; 
harpoons; lines made of sinews, and of sea- weed (a species of Fucus ), 
&c. Models of fishing-boats, &c. ; waterproof fishing-jackets, made of 
the intestines of the whale, from Nootka Sound.—Several caps of wood, 
representing heads of beasts; a bird’s head of wood, ornamented with 
feathers, &c. ; a wooden coat of armour ; birds made of wood, hollow, 
and containing stones, used as rattles ; from Nootka and Oonalashka. 
Case 12. Warlike implements, and various tools, clubs, adzes, &c. ; 
Patoo-patoos of wood and bone, Sec. Various domestic utensils from 
the same part of the coast. A screen made of the feathers of an eagle ; 
knives; spoons; eating-bowls; bread made of the root of the Casada 
tree (a species of Jatropha), with an unprepared piece of the latter— 
Caps of various shapes and colours, some with representations of the 
whale fishery; combs, &c. ; from Nootka and Oonalashka. 
Case 13. Baskets made in various parts of the west coast of North 
America—Mattings, &c. The inner bark of a species of cypress (Cu- 
pressus thuyoides ) in its different stages of preparation, for making 
mats, articles of dress, &c. ; a garment made of this bark by the natives 
of Banks’s Island. 
Case 14. Specimens of sculpture ; imitations of the human form ; 
masks, &c. 
Cases 15 and 16. Otaheite winter and summer cloths, made of 
the bark of the paper mulberry ( Broussonetia ), and variously dyed.— 
A mourning dress; a breast-plate made of feathers, &c., used in war. 
Case 17. Coarse mats for sails, &c. Basket-work and cordage.— 
Ornamental mats made of a kind of flag ; a dancing apron, &c., from 
Otaheite. 
Case 18. Fishing implements. Various utensils made of a basaltic 
stone; rasps made of shagreen; wooden pillows; adzes of a kind of 
jade called axe-stone, &c_Ornamental carvings; cloth-beater; plaited 
hair; tatooing instruments; a planting spade made of a fragment of a 
shield ; nose flutes; a bread fruit. Various stone adzes, hatchets, &c. 
Cases 19 and 20. Large cloaks; aprons; helmets; hats; dis¬ 
torted human figures; &c. , made of feathers. From the Sandwich 
Islands. 
Case 21. Various specimens of mats and cloths; gorgets made of 
red seeds, &c. Cordage ; slings; cloth-beaters ; hair for ornamental 
head-dresses. Fishing-hooks made of bones and shells; saws made of 
sharks’ teeth; and other tools. From the Sandwich Islands. 
Case 22. Articles of ornament; bracelets made of boars’ tusks, 
