MISCELLANEOUS 
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[ethnographical 
bone ornament, from Savage Island; a wooden box, a small basket,' 
a pair of bone eye-shades, a bow-string, a lamp cut out of steatite, or 
pot stone ; brought to England by Captain Sir Edward Parry , R.N. 
A dart thrower, from Point Barrow; two large teeth of the walrus, from 
Behring’s Straits ; small harpoon, tipped with meteoric iron, bone sword, 
hollow bone instrument for sucking water out of a pond, and bone in¬ 
strument used in seal fishing, from Igloolik; seal skin, dressed by the 
Esquimaux of Savage Island, Hudson’s Straits; skin bucket water 
vessel, from Winter Island; Esquimaux woman’s hair ornaments, from 
Savage Island; bundle of hair; harpoon made of bone and me¬ 
teoric iron; stick to aid in throwing darts, from Point Barrow; knife; 
part of a bone spear, from Igloolik; part of a bird dart, made of bone 
and whalebone, from Savage Island; an Esquimaux landing net, 
formed of bone and whalebone, from Kotzebue Sound; sail made 
from the intestines of the whale, from Nootka Sound. Over this case 
are a sledge, from Baffin’s Bay, brought to England by Sir E. Parry , 
and a canoe from Behring’s Straits. Combs, harpoon-points, 
swivels, toys, and various bone instruments; from Hudson’s Straits. 
From the Sloane Collection. 
Cases 16, 17. Shelf 1. N. W. Coast of America: —Toma¬ 
hawk, clubs, knives, adzes, and a wooden coat of armour. Shelf 2. 
Various fishing lines; hooks, line for a harpoon, lines made of 
sinews and seaweed (a species of fucus); various hooks, and models 
of fishing canoes, and of natives with their dresses; quivers, with 
arrows tipped with bone, and harpoons from Nootka Sound and 
Oonalashka. Presented by Sir Joseph Banks , Captain James 
Cook , R.N ., Archibald Menzies , Esq., and R. Brinsley Hinds , Esq. 
Shelf 3. Waterproof fishing jackets, made of the intestines of the 
whale, from Nootka Sound; several caps of wood, representing the 
heads of beasts, birds, or seals ; head of wood, ornamented with bristles; 
caps of various shapes and colours, some of basket work, with re¬ 
presentations of the whale fishery, worked in colours; others resem¬ 
bling those on the head of the figures in the model canoes; line for 
harpoon, made of sinew ; others for fishing, made of seaweed ; fishing 
arrows, and harpoons, with detaching points of bone, from Nootka and 
Oonalashka. Presented by the same. 
Cases 18, 19. Shelf 1. Specimens of sculpture, rude imitations 
of the human form, women ca Tying children; masks; birds made of 
wood, hollow, and containing stones, used as rattles, from Nootka 
and Oonalashka. Shelf 2. Clubs, hatchets, combs, spoons, eating 
bowls, hooks, lines; bread made of the inner bark of the pine tree; 
knives, and spoons, from the north coast of America, Oonalashka, and 
Nootka. Lip ornaments from Oonalashka. Shelf 3. Snow shoes, 
models of canoes, bracelets, earrings, from the north-west coast of 
America. Magic drum of an Iceland witch. 
Cases 20, 21. Shelf l. Various specimens of basket work from the 
north coast of America. Shelf 2. The inner bark of a species of 
cypress ( cupressus thuyoides ), in its different states of preparation, for 
making mats, articles of dress, &c.; a garment or cloak, painted with 
human figures, made by the natives of Banks’s Island. Shelf 3. Mats 
and cloaks made of the same material. 
Case 22. Shelf 1. Seal skin dress, dog harness for a sledge, and 
