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some articles of food, his broken tooth, the chank of Vishnu , and a 
club. 
Cases 8, 9. India. — Shelf I . Figures of divinities in wood. Shelf 2. 
Three clay models of the goddess Durga, in has relief. Pre¬ 
sented by H. Heathcoie Russel and J. Doubleday , Esqs. Head of a 
Budk, from a Hindu temple at Brambaran, in Java; figures of Hindu 
divinities, in alabaster, coloured; the bull Nandi, and lingas; a guitar, 
elaborately carved in ivory, and an ivory carving of a Hindu divinity. 
Shelf 3. Sword and hat of the Tepeher tribe, Sikkhim country. 
Presented by T. H. Kelly, Esq. Powder-horn from Burtpoor. Pre¬ 
sented by Dr. Jephson. Affghan pistol and cloak, the latter presented 
by Rev. C. Crawford. Bows and arrows from India; three sets. 
Punka or hand fan; India. Slippers from Calcutta. Presented 
by Mr. Hayes. Guz measures, each of a certain number of tussoos 
or thumb’s breadths, 14 of which form the usual standard measure 
of the oriental cubit, from Delhi, Poonah, and the West Coast of India : 
models of an “ accommodation-boat,” used for landing passengers at 
Madras, of a baggage-boat, and of a katamaran or kutio marwn, used 
in the same place. A terracotta vase from Madras. Presented by 
J. E. J. Boileau, Esq., 1849. Over Cases 8, 9, a bronze figure of 
Siva, with four arms ; in one hand is the gadha, or parasha, a warlike 
weapon, in another is an antelope; and another of Siva, or Mahadeva , 
trampling on and destroying Tripurasura. Knight Collection. 
Cases 10, 11. Africa.- —Shelf 1. Baskets from Nubia and Abys¬ 
sinia; water-horn and shield, from the same place; water-bottles from 
Egypt. Shelf 2. Foulah hat, cap from Ash an tee; musical in¬ 
strument, kind of guitar; dagger with a brass scabbard; iron pad¬ 
lock 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 material, and cloth in different patterns; string 
of beads resembling spangles, made of shells; sandals from Ashantee, 
one pair presented by Mr. Fenton; fly-flapper made of hair; a shuttle, 
mid reel of cotton thread belonging 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. Bowaich, Esq., and described 
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, II, baskets from Abyssinia. 
Cases 12,13. Africa. —Shelf 1. Various specimens of cloth, mostly 
