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MISCELLANEOUS [uPPER FLOOR, 
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 
fish-gig from the South Sea islands. Also a canoe, with 
its paddles, from Behring’s Straits. Presented 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. Chiejiyfrom the 
Sloane and Towneley Collections. 
Shelves 3, 4, 5. Various objects, chiefly collected in 
Mexico, and purchased, at the sale of the Mexican Mu¬ 
seum belonging to Mr. Bullock; they consist of small 
statues formed of various stones, and of rude workman¬ 
ship ; a mask of stone; two statues and five fragments 
of terracotta, found on the mountains of Tezeossingo, 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 terra¬ 
cotta statue of a sitting figure, similar to an Egyptian 
sphynx ; 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 fe¬ 
male sculptured in lava, with a turretted head-dress, hav¬ 
ing some resemblance to the Isis of the Egyptians ; ano¬ 
ther 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 Az- 
