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in religious rites. All from the island of Sacrifices, and excavated 
by Captain Evan Nepean , R.N. Shelf 3. Arm made of coral; va¬ 
rious fragments of figures and vases from the excavation at Sacrificios. 
Two skulls found in this island have been transferred to the Zoological 
department; most of these objects were found below the alluvial soil 
of which the island is constituted. 
Cases 31, 32. Shelf 1. Objects from British and French Guiana, 
consisting of baskets, the work of the natives, a hammock, and small 
dishes, bowls, and bottles of a rude and very coarsely painted earthen¬ 
ware. Presented by Sir R. H. Schomburgk , Knt., and II. C. Rothery , 
Esq. Shelf 2. Various caps, feather chaplets, and plumes, made of 
macaw’s feathers ; sandals, calabashes, necklaces, &c., from British 
Guiana. Presented by Sir R. Schomburgk. Bamboo hat, small blue 
cotton wrapper of the loins of the negroes, and two egg-shaped cala¬ 
bash ornaments worked by the same, from French Guiana. Presented 
by H. C. Rothery, Esq. Shelf 3. Long basket for expressing the 
juice of the cassada root; grater for the same ; bamboo staff for directing 
the dances; mahra, or mahraka, of the Arrawaaks, and another of 
the Carribees, for directing the dances; flutes and drum of the 
Macoosies; cigars; bottle with an earthy sediment used instead of 
salt; rolls of cotton; teeth of the peccary; all from British Guiana. 
Presented by Sir R. Schomburgk. Flute from French Guiana. 
Presented by H. C. Rothery, Esq. 
Cases 33, 34. Shelf 1. Various bows and arrows, some with 
detaching points for fishing, others poisoned, from British and French 
Guiana. Presented by Sir R. Schomburgk , and H. C. Rothery, Esq . 
Shelf 2. Blow-pipes for shooting poisoned arrows; quivers with poi¬ 
soned arrows and clubs of Macoosies. Presented by Sir R. Schom¬ 
burgk. Shelf 3. Ancient vases from Para; calabashes, and varnished 
bowl; bowl made by the negroes of Para; leathern w r ater bottle ; 
bag, spurs, from Para. Presented by Reginald Graham, Esq. Armlet 
used by the women of the island of St. Thomas. Presented by Michel 
Martinez , Esq. 
Case 35. Shelf 1. A dried body of a female, with dark hair, 
and necklace round the neck, from New Granada. Presented by 
W. Turner, Esq., H. M. Envoy to Colombia. Shelf 2. Dried body 
or mummy, surrounded by its cotton cloth or -wrappers, some orna¬ 
mented with native patterns, from a cave near Gachansipa, in the can¬ 
ton of Leiva, about 29 miles from Bogota, New Granada, presented 
by R. Bunch, Esq., of H. M. Legation; and a head found with 
it. Mummy of a child from Arica, in Peru. Presented by Lord 
Colchester. Cloth which enveloped the dead body of the ancient 
Peruvians; cups, a harpoon, sling, fishing line, fishes’ eyes, basket, 
and Indian corn from the tombs of the children of the ancient Peru¬ 
vians ; the globular vessels were placed with the Indian corn under the 
breasts of the dead bodies. Presented by the Rev. W. V. Hennah. 
Three mortars, silver images of a divinity, and of Lama, from the tombs 
of the aboriginal inhabitants of the lake Titicaca. Collected by J. 
Pentland, Esq., and presented by the Earl of Dudley. Silver masks 
and earrings, from the huacas or ancient cemeteries at Cacamaca, in the 
district of Pura, on the coast of Peru ; bronze chisel, found at Truxillo. 
Presented by N. R. Brassey, Esq. 
