ARTICLES. 
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ROOM I.] 
A Foulah cloak, formed of very narrow strips of cloth ; 
a cap, and a musical instrument, from the neighbourhood 
of Sierra Leone. Presented by J. Whitfield, Esq. 
A cap, made of a fine mat, from the Cape of Good 
Hope, Presented by Capt. 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 sunshade, 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 mu¬ 
sical instrument; a leather 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 wdth brass; a pair of worked sandals; two 
arrows 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, fyc. 
Case 7- Two baskets made of a species o fjuncus ; 
two water-baskets 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 was probably ob¬ 
tained 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 the Araucarian Indians on the west coast of 
South America, taken from the body of an Indian who 
was shot by a party of Chilian Indians, sent to disperse an 
incursion of the native tribes ; a pair of spurs ; a couple of 
balls, united by a cord, which are used to destroy the 
wild animals, and a pair of rattles ; all from the coast of 
Patagonia. 
Over these Cases are two fishing spears from Terra 
del Fuego ; a spear from the west coast of Australasia; a 
