HofmuscuDi , Vicuna . 



Austrian Hofmuseum. 



housed and. well arranged, and is especially interesting to us as the 

 depositary of many of the things brought from the Pacific b}' Cook's 

 officers. These Cook relics were bought in London in 1806, by the 

 order of the Emperor Francis II., from the Parkinson and Leverian 

 colledlions. Sydney Parkinson was artist to Sir Joseph Banks dur- 

 ing Cook's first voyage. The original inventories of this purchase 

 were examined but no information of especial interest was obtained. 

 The purchase was only of curiosities for the imperial cabinet. 



The principal things in the kaiserlich-koniglich naturhist- 

 orische Hofmuseum belonging to this region are: — 

 Haivaiian Islands. 

 Feather helmet, red and yellow, a few feathers left. Pi. Ill, Fig. 3. 

 Another with green body and red and yellow crest, ibid. Fig. 4. 

 Helmet of wicker-work now without feathers, ibid. V\<g.^. Feather 

 god, Kukailimoku, red with yellow trimmings, dog teeth and 

 shell eyes. Pi. IV, Fig. 6. Pyramidal structure of wicker-work 

 on an oblong base, "a model of a temple oracle", covered with red 

 feathers, the corners ridged wnth yellow; a door on one of the wide 

 sides cased with tortoise-shell: height 23^^ inches, ibid. Fig. 7. 

 Hat of European form once covered with feathers, now greatly di- 



