8 MISCELLANEOUS QuPPER FLOOR. 
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 with representations of the whale fishery; combs, 
&c.; from Nootka and Oonalashka. 
Case 13. Baskets made in various parts of the west 
coast of North America.—Mattings, &c. The inner bark 
of a species of cypress (Cupressus thuyoides ) in its dif¬ 
ferent stages of preparation, for making mats, articles of 
dress, &c.; a garment made of this bark by the natives of 
Banks’s Island. 
Case 14. Specimens of sculpture ; imitations of the 
human form ; masks, &c. 
Cases 15 and 16. Otaheite winter and summer cloths, 
made of the bark of the paper mulberry ( Broussonelia ), 
and variously dyed.—A mourning dress; a breast-plate 
made of feathers, &c., used in war. 
Case 17. Coarse mats for sails, &c. Basket-work 
and cordage.—Ornamental mats made of a kind of flag ; 
a dancing apron, &c., from Otaheite. 
Case 18. Fishing implements. Various utensils made 
of a basaltic stone ; rasps made of shagreen ; wooden pil¬ 
lows ; adzes of a kind of jade called axe-stone, &c.—Orna¬ 
mental carvings ; cloth-beater; plaited hair; tatooingin¬ 
struments ; a planting spade made of a fragment of a 
shield ; nose flutes ; a bread fruit.—Various stone adzes, 
hatchets, &c. 
Cases 19 and 20. Large cloaks ; aprons ; helmets; 
hats; distorted human figures, &c., made of feathers. 
From the Sandwich Islands. 
Case 21. Various specimens of mats and cloths; gor¬ 
gets made of red seeds, &c. Cordage; slings; cloth beat¬ 
ers ; hair for ornamental head-dresses. Fishing-hooks 
made of bones and shells; saws made of sharks’ teeth ; and 
other tools. From the Sandwich Islands. 
Case 22. Articles of ornament; bracelets made of 
boars’ tusks, and of tortoise-shell; assortment of shells and 
seeds, &c. Necklaces, and other ornaments. Coverings 
for the legs, composed of shells, seeds, and teeth, used 
in dancing; round mirrors made of a black slaty 
stone, which is wetted when used ; quoits, weights, &c. 
From the Sandwich Islands. Small cloaks, a head-dress, 
