ROOM I.] ARTICLES. 0 
Shelf 5. Stone basin, ornamented with serpents; a 
smaller basin ornamented in the angles, at the outside, by 
four animals ; a small vessel in the form of a Llama, from 
the Temple of the Sun at Cusco. Presented by the Earl 
Dudley from Mr. Pentland’s Collection. Avesselin 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 pre¬ 
sented 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, orna¬ 
mented 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, &c. 
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 (Cufressus tliuyoides ) in its dif¬ 
ferent 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) 9 
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 
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