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Fig. 58. Hawaiian Shark-tooth Implements. 



stick. 2 Balls for the game of Poi . 4 Dried and mokued hvi- 

 man heads. 8 Tikis, small. Mussel Dredge. 24 Taiaha and 

 many duplicates. 8 Tewhatewha or battle-axes. 13 Mere of 

 jade. 28 Jade adzes. 7 Jade chisels. 28 Jade Heitikis. 2 He- 

 itikis of human skull. Many earrings both of jade and of bone. 

 3 Carved adze handles. 29 Carved Kumetes (Boxes for orna- 

 ments), one of choice work ( Cook's Voy. ) . 14 Carved wood and 

 bone short whistles; 17 Carved wood whistles; 2 Whistles of 

 plain wood. 2 Knives of jade for trimming priest's hair. 2 Dong 

 trumpets and another much shorter. 2 Trumpets of Triton shell 

 with carved mouth -pieces. Kete of common kind. 4 Carved 

 sacrificial knives with shark-teeth on one edge, the teeth very 

 serrate and of a kind not seen elsewhere. Fig. 62, PI. XIV. 

 2 Cloaks of Kiwi feathers. Many common cloaks and capes of 



