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Flower pots of bark and porcupine quills, the work of the Micmac 
Indians. Presented hy Dr. Parish. 
Case 5. A quiver formed of palm leaves, containing small poi¬ 
soned arrows ; a bag of netted twine, with borabax and some poisoned 
arrows from the Indians of the Mararion. Presented hy Lieut. Henry 
Lister Mato, R.N. Various wampum belts, and a pair of eye-shades, 
formed of wood. From the Shane Collection. 
A straw hat, a poncho, or cloak, leggings, shoes, spurs, and stirrups. 
From Chili. Presented hy - Sinclair, Esq. 
A hammock, from Africa, presented hy H. Bright, Esq. ; and a pair 
of sandals, from Ashantee, presented hy Mr. Fenton. 
Case 6. A piece of cloth, 16J feet long by 7^ feet wide, decorated 
with borders and various stellated patterns, produced by discharging the 
deep colour of the indigo ; it is woven in narrow strips, each three 
inches wide. Another piece of cloth, formed of similar strips, but the 
check pattern produced in the weaving. A piece of very narrow cloth, 
of the original width before it is made up for use. From Africa. Pre¬ 
sented hy Major Denham and Captain Clapperton. 
A Foulah cloak, formed of very narrow strips of cloth, a cap, and a 
musical instrument, from the neighbourhood of Sierra Leone. Pre- 
sented hy J. Whitfield, Esq. 
A cap, made of a fine mat, from the Cape of Good Hope,I Pre¬ 
sented hy Captain 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 sun-shade, covered 
with various coloured and printed cottons, and stripes of woollen cloth, 
with a carved w^ooden 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 musical insti’ument; a 
leathern 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 with brass ; a pair of worked sandals ; two ar¬ 
rows 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 hy T. E. 
Bowdich, Esq., and described in his Travels, p. 307, §’C. 
War-horn of the king of the Ashantees, made of a human jaw and an 
elephant’s tusk. Presented hy J. W'hiifield. Esq. 
Various vases, baskets, strainers, specimens of cloth, bottle of pigment 
for the eyes, from the last Niger Expedition. Presented hy Capt. H. 
Dundas Trotter, P.N., 1843. 
Case 7. Two baskets made of a species oi juncus ; two water-bas¬ 
kets made of the bark of a birch ; a bladder, containing a pigment used 
by the natives; a quiver, some arrow's, and a bow; the rope of a canoe; 
a necklace formed of shells; and an axe, the iron of w’hich w'as probably 
obtained 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 
