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Flower pots of bark and porcupine quills, the work of the Micmac 
Indians. Presented by Dr. Farish. 
Case 5. A quiver formed of palm leaves, containing small poi¬ 
soned arrows ; a bag of netted twine, with bombax and some poisoned 
arrows from the Indians of the Marafion. Presented by Lieut. Henry 
Lister Maw , F.N. Various wampum belts, and a pair of eye-shades, 
formed of wood. From the Sloane Collection. 
A straw hat, a poncho, or cloak, leggings, shoes, spurs, and stirrups. 
From Chili. Presented by - Sinclair, Esq. 
A hammock, from Africa, presented by H. Bright , Esq. ; and a pair 
of sandals, from Ashantee, presented by Mr. Fenton. 
Case 6. A piece of cloth, 16^ feet long by 7^ feet wide, decorated 
with borders and various stellated patterns, produced by discharging the 
deep colour of the indigo ; it is woven in narrow strips, each three 
inches wide. Another piece of cloth, formed of similar strips, but the 
check pattern produced in the weaving. A piece of very narrow cloth, 
of the original width before it is made up for use. From Africa. Pre¬ 
sented by Major Denham and Captain Clapperton. 
A Foulah cloak, formed of very narrow strips of cloth, a cap, and a 
musical instrument, from the neighbourhood of Sierra Leone. Pre¬ 
sented by J. Whitfield , Esq. 
A cap, made of a fine mat, from the Cape of Good Hope. Pre¬ 
sented by Captain Duncan . 1780. 
Several pieces of cloth formed of narrow strips on a white ground ; 
a white cloth, painted with black patterns ; two others made of different 
coloured stripes; and a single stripe formed of three different colours ; 
a piece of very fine matting; a child’s umbrella, or sun-shade, covered 
with various coloured and printed cottons, and stripes of woollen cloth, 
with a carved wooden top; an iron padlock and keys ; four variously 
shaped earthenware tobacco-pipe heads; a small earthen pan, with a 
deeply notched edge ; a small basket; a string of beads resembling 
spangles, formed from shells ; a fly-flapper, made from hair ; a shuttle 
and reel of thread belonging to the loom; a musical instrument; a 
leathern pouch, surrounded by stripes of leather, and worked with leather 
and cloth in different patterns ; a short dagger, and a wooden handle 
and sheath, ornamented with brass ; a pair of worked sandals ; two ar > 
rows with steel heads ; a large leathern cushion, and a stool of carved 
zesso wood. On the top of the Case is a loom for weaving the narrow 
cloth, used by the Africans. All from Ashantee. Presented by T. E. 
Bowdich, Esq., and described in his Travels, p. 307, Sfc. 
War-horn of the king of the Ashantees, made of a human jaw and an 
elephant’s tusk. Presented by J. Whitfield, Esq. 
Various vases, baskets, strainers, specimens of cloth, bottle of pigment 
for the eyes, from the last Niger Expedition. Presented by Capt. H. 
Dundas Trotter, R.N., 1843. 
Case 7. Two baskets made of a species of j uncus; two water-bas¬ 
kets made of the bark of a birch; a bladder, containing a pigment used 
by the natives; a quiver, some arrows, and a bow; the rope of a canoe; 
a necklace formed of shells; and an axe, the iron of which w r as probably 
obtained from an English or American ship, from Terra del Fuego. 
Case 8. A coat of mail formed of seven folds of horse skin, used by 
