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The globular vessels were placed, with Indian corn, under the breasts 
of the dead bodies. Presented by the Rev. W. V. Hennah, 18*28. 
Shelf 2. Seven vessels from tombs of aboriginal Peruvians of mari¬ 
time provinces on the coast of the Pacific. One vase from Tiaquauco. 
Presented by the Pari Dudley,from Mr. Pentland's Collection. 
Shelves 3 and 4. Three mortars, silver images, and vessels ; from 
the tombs of aboriginal Peruvians in the island of Titicaca. Collected 
by J. Pentland, Psq., and presented by the Right Hon. the Pari Dud¬ 
ley. Five earthen images, from tombs in Vera Cruz. Presented by 
G. A. Princep, Psq., 1821. Bronze tool from Truxillo. Presented 
by N. R. Brassey, 1840. 
Shelf 5. t Stone basin, ornamented with serpents; a smaller basin 
ornamented in the angles, at the outside, by four animals ; a small ves¬ 
sel in the form of a Llama, from the Temple of the Sun at Cusco. 
Presented by the Pari Dudley, from Mr. Pentland's Collection. A ves¬ 
sel in 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 presented by Sir Joseph Banks , 
Captain James Cook, R.N., and Archibald Menzies, Psq. 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 ), 
Sec. Models of fishing-boats, Ac. ; 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, ornamented with 
feathers, Ac. ; a wooden coat of armour ; birds made of w 7 ood, hollow, 
and containing stones, used as rattles ; from Nootka and Oonalashka. 
Case 12. Warlike implements, and various tools, clubs, adzes, Ac. ; 
Patoo-patoos of wood and bone, Ac. 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 w ith representations of the 
whale fishery; combs, Ac. ; from Nootka and Oonalashka. 
Case 13. Baskets made in various parts of the w r est coast of North 
America.—Mattings, Ac. The inner bark of a species of cypress ( Cu- 
pressus thuyoides) in its different stages of preparation, for making 
mats, articles of dress, Ac. ; a garment made of this bark by the natives 
of Banks’s Island. 
Case 14. Specimens of sculpture ; imitations of the human form; 
masks, Ac. 
Cases 15 and 18. Otaheite winter and summer cloths, made of 
the bark of the paper mulberry ( Broussonetia ), and variously dyed.— 
A mourning dress; a breast-plate made of feathers, Ac., used in war. 
Case 17. Coarse mats for sails, Ac. Basket-work and cordage.— 
Ornamental mats made of a kind of flag ; a dancing apron, Ac., from 
Otaheite. 
Case 18. Fishing implements. Various utensils made of a basaltic 
stone; rasps made of shagreen; wooden pillows; adzes of a kind of 
jade called axe-stone, Ac.—Ornamental carvings; cloth-beater; plaited 
hair; tatooing instruments; a planting spade made of a fragment of a 
shield; nose flutes; a bread fruit. Various stone adzes, hatchets, Ac. 
