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Captain H. Dundas Trotter , R.N. Over Cases 10, 11, baskets 
from Abyssinia. At the side of Cases 12, 13 is an Indian cabinet of 
ebony, inlaid with ivory. Underneath this is a circular table with three 
feet, used by the natives of Madras for making bread. Presented by 
J. E. J. Boileau, Esq., 1849. 
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 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 width; 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 Office; and another Foulah cloak, formed of 
various strips of cloth, from the neighbourhood of Sierra Leone, pre¬ 
sented by J. Whitfield, Esq. Shelf 2. Fly-flap, or brush ; female hair 
net; bag ; cushion, covered with 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, some with their cotton 
thread; shuttles; hanks of thread, white or blue, dyed with indigo; samia 
aduya, or specimens of native silk, of yellow, green, and crimson 3 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 Office and Captain H. Dundas Trotter , R.N. 
Bronze manilla, or African ring money; mat hat from the interior. 
Presented by Captain Duncan. Twenty-eight large opaque glass beads, 
worn round the necks of the women and camels in Abyssinia. Dress 
of grass cloth, worn by females; kola or gora nuts ; nuts hollowed and 
used to hold a snuff laid on the tongue; gourd, shaped for medical 
purposes; specimen of native Indigo ; all from Badagry ; comb, and 
pipe bowl, soldier’s belt for holding cartridges, from Dahomi. Presented 
by the Rev. J. Martin. Shelf 3. Hat, bow, quiver, and 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. Muller. Hats, from the interior of Africa. Pre~ 
rented by Captain Fishbourne. Swords and quivers, from the interior 
of Africa; net hammock, from the interior of Africa. Presented by 
H. Bright, Esq. Dress, spears, and shield, from Abyssinia. Pre¬ 
sented by Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq. Tuarik saddle and spears; from 
Tripoli. Presented by C. Hanmer Dickson, Esq. Nubian spear, 
entwined with a snake’s skin, from Thebes, in Egypt. Presented by 
Aubrey Paul, Esq. Over Case 13, a loom for weaving narrow cloth, 
specimens of which are exhibited in the first division of this Case; from 
Ashantee. Presented by T. E. Bowdich , Esq. 
Cases 14, 15. North America: —Esquimaux dresses from 
Winter Island, and from Point Hope; a steersman’s cap from West 
Georgia; men’s boots from Kotzebue Sound; women’s boots, from 
Cape Thomson; Lapland trousers, presented by Mr. G. Woodfall. 
Whalebone net, used by the Esquimaux for laying under their beds; 
a wooden bowl, cup, and spoon made of the horns of the musk ox; a 
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