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stralasia; a fish-gig from the South Sea islands. Also 
a canoe, with its paddles, from Behring’s Straits. Pre¬ 
sented by Capt. Beechey , R.N. 
The whole of the contents of the Cases 7 and 8, and 
the spears over them, were collected by Capt. P. P. 
King, in his late voyage, and presented by him to the 
British Museum. 
Case 9. Shelves 1 and 2. Vessels in various forms, 
from tombs of the aboriginal Peruvians. Chiefly from 
the Sloane and Towneley Collections, 
Shelves 3, 4, 5, Various objects, chiefly collected in 
Mexico, and purchased, at the sale of the Mexican 
Museum belonging to Mr. Bullock; they consist of 
small statues formed of various stones, and of rude 
workmanship; a mask of stone; two statues, and five 
fragments of terracotta, found on the mountains of Te- 
zeossingo, the pyramids of St. Taun de Toetiutican; 
an adze; a heart-shaped ornament of serpentine, with 
engraved characters resembling hieroglyphics; two 
vases of alabaster, one with the head and arms of a 
monkey sculptured on it, the other with the head, tail, 
and wings of a cock; a small terracotta statue of a sit¬ 
ting figure, similar to an Egyptian sphinx ; a head of a 
boy in basalt; a small vase-shaped statue; an Azteek 
mirror, made of a large plate of obsidian, polished on 
both sides ; a large double bottle of black earthenware, 
one of the bottles with the head of a dog, the other 
with that of a bird; a small earthen vessel in the form 
of a dog; several knives formed of obsidian, with two 
of the larger pieces from which they have been split; 
an incense burner in the form of an owl; a bust of a 
female sculptured in lava, with a turretted head-dress, 
having some resemblance to the Isis of the Egyptians; 
another of a priest with a mitre-shaped cap decorated 
with jewels and a feather, and with long pendant ear¬ 
rings ; the greater part of the body is covered by a 
large snake, its head being on the right side of the 
figure ; the eyes of this bust were probably supplied by 
jewels; a statue of an Azteek Princess in a sitting pos¬ 
ture; 
ROOM I. 
