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by Rev. C. Crawford. Bows and arrows from India; creases, or 
Malay daggers. 
Cases 10,11. Shelf ]. Baskets from Abyssinia; water horn and shield, 
from the same place; water bottles from Egypt; Arabic quadrants ; 
model of the church at Bethlehem, made by the Christian inhabitants. 
Shelf 2. Foulah hat, cap from Ashantee ; musical instrument, kind of 
guitar ; dagger with a brass scabbard ; iron padlock and keys; iron bowl; 
large leather cushion ; pillow for the head, also used as a stool, of zesso 
wood, leather apron or pouch, surrounded by stripes of the same mate¬ 
rial, and cloth in different patterns; string of beads resembling spangles, 
made of shells ; sandals from Ashantee, one pair presented by Mr. Fen - 
ton ; fly-flapper made of hair; a shuttle, and reel of cotton thread belong¬ 
ing to the loom ; spindles ; specimens of native cotton cloth, dyed with 
indigo, and of silk fabric ; small basket spoon for straining flies off from 
liquids; variously shaped bowls of earthenware tobacco pipes; small 
black pan, with notched edge ; all from Ashantee. Presented by T. E. 
JBowdich , Esq ., and described in his Travels, p. 307. War horn of 
the king of the Ashantees, made of a human jaw, and an elephant’s tusk, 
and a Foulah* musical instrument from the neighbourhood of Sierra 
Leone. Presented by J. Whitfield , Esq. Shelf 3. Bead baskets, 
baskets decorated with leather, and woollen cloth ; carved wooden box ; 
bason, and water bottle used by a Mullah; cooking dish of black 
earthenware; stand for a lamp or candle; carved gourd boxes and 
calabashes; all from the Niger Expedition, and presented by the 
Colonial Ojfice , and Captain H. Dundas Trotter , R. JY. Bronze 
manilla , or African ring money; mat hat from the interior. Pre- 
sented by Captain Duncan. 
Cases 12, 13. Shelf 1. Various-specimens of cloth, mostly of native 
fabric, purchased at Egga by the Niger Expedition ; a piece of cloth, 
16| feet long by 7\ feet wide, decorated with borders, and various 
stellated patterns, produced by discharging the deep colour of the indigo; 
woven in strips 3 inches wide : another similar, but check pattern, pro¬ 
duced in the woof; a piece of very narrow w 7 idth; all from the interior 
of Africa. Presented by Captain Clapperton and Major Denham . 
With these are a plain tob , or cloak, from the Niger Expedition, pre¬ 
sented by the Colonial Ojfice; and another Foulah cloak, formed of 
various strips of cloth, from the neighburhood of Sierra Leone, pre¬ 
sented by J. Whitfield , Esq. Shelf 2. Fly-flap, or brush; female hair 
net; bag; cushion, covered wdth scarlet cloth; arrows, and quiver of 
the same with iron points; hoe made of British bar iron ; Housa dagger, 
cord; specimens of prepared leather ; spindles, many with their cotton 
thread, shuttles, hanks of thread, w hite or blue : dyed with indigo ; samia 
aduga, or specimens of native silk, of yellow, green, and crimson ; a 
quantity of raw native cotton, and cocoons of native raw silk, very coarse, 
with the chrysalides of the silkworm still in it; small skin bottle, for 
holding galena for colouring the eyelids, and small specimen of this 
mineral; all collected during the Niger Expedition, and presented by the 
Colonial Ojfice and Captain H. Dundas Trotter , R.N. Shelf 3. Hat, 
bow, quiver, arid sword of a Bambara Chief, obtained in French Guiana, 
and presented by H. C. Rothery , Esq. Bow, spears, and fetish, from 
Fernando Po. Presented by the Rev. Theod. Midler. Hats, from 
the interior of Africa. Presented by Captain Fishbourne. Swords 
