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in his Travels, p. 307. Neacoluh, or iron bar, with one end twisted, 
used as money, value about one shilling, on the African coast. Pre- 
sented by Lieut. Forbes, R.N. 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. Jade mouth-piece of a pipe from Egypt. Pre¬ 
sented by Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson. Shelf 3. Bead baskets, bas¬ 
kets 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 Office, and Captain H. Dundas Trotter, R.N. Over 
Cases 10, 11, baskets from Abyssinia. 
Cases 12, 13. Africa. —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 1\ 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 
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 Office and Captain El. Dundas Trotter, R.N. 
Bronze manilla, or African ring money; mat hat from the interior. 
Presented by Captain Duncan. Tw r enty-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~ 
sented 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, 
