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28. 201. Cast of the skull of a Madurese. Presented by Mr. Harlan. 

 24. 433. Malay of the Island of Sumbawa : man, ^tat. 30. I. C. 80. 

 Nos. 1338, 1339, 1840 and 1341 were brought from India by Dr. 

 Mead, and presented to me on his behalf, by Dr. John Watson, of 

 New York, 1847. 

 Nos. 424, 425, 428, 429, 480 and 433 are from Dr. Doornik. 

 Nos. 543, 544, 545 and 54G, from Dr. Doornik's collection, were pre- 

 sented by Dr. Jones of New Orleans, through B. F. French, Esq. 



Dyahs. 



1. 1523. Skull of a Dyak woman, prepared as a trophy according to 

 the usage of these people. Obtained in an assault upon a native 

 village, on the river Barya, near Pontianck, in the S. W. region of 

 Borneo. Brought from Sarawak, in that Island, A. D. 1850, by 

 Mr. Wm. A. Gliddon, and by him presented to me. I. C. 81. 

 ^tat. 25. 



2. 1525, Kiong-Dyak, from the dead-house of those people, in the 

 interior of Borneo : Woman, aetat. 30. I. C. 86. From J. Hop- 

 kinson, M. D., U. S. N. 



II. POLYNESIAN RACE. 



Ka7iahas. 

 [Case 5.) 



1. 564. Kanaka, of Oahu : woman. I. C. 82. 



2. 565. Kanaka, or Sandwich Islander of Oahu. I. C. 83. 



3. 566. Kanaka, or Sandwich Islander of Oahu : man. 



These three skulls, Nos. 564, 565, 566, were presented to Dr. Rusch- 

 enberger by a chief of the Sandwich Islands, Dr. R. having so- 

 licited them for scientific purposes. Two of these skulls have the 

 face-bones completely and somewhat skilfully separated from the 

 head ; which, so far as I can learn, was a customary usage in the 

 performance of human sacrifices : and these remains were probably 

 disinterred from that part of the Moral devoted in former years to 

 this class of persons. Capt. Cook's head, when restored to his 

 friends after his murder at Owyhee, had been divided precisely in 

 this way, although but a few days had elapsed. See Cook's Third 

 Voyage, Volume 2, page 80. 



4. 572. Kanaka of the Sandwich Islands : man, jetat. 40. F. A. 

 78. I. C. 84. Dr. J. K. Townsend. 



[This head afi'ords a good idea of the general cranial type of Poly- 



