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Hour-glass shield, E5265; another of similar construction but different shape, 

 E 2035; many feather head-plumes; decorative carvings, E4997, E5013; smok- 

 ing tube of bambu, E5253; good assortment of lime spatulas; carved box for 

 pubic hair, E 2066-67; many wristlets of rattan, fibre, shells, tortoise-shell, 

 etc.; assortment of fish-nets, drum with lizard-skin head; primitive adze, 

 E4729; stone adze, dance and war-paddles, many-pronged spears; spear with 

 human bone head, E4952; several armed with sting-ray spines. Fine danc- 

 ing-mask, E5022; other good masks, wooden Jews-harps, many bows and 

 arrows, fine tortoise-shell mask. 



New Hebrides and Santa Cruz. Clubs, e 5041-42, E8911; 2 dancing- 

 clubs from Santa Cruz, E2547, 5001. 



Solomon Islands. Three ordinary clubs of good workmanship, 3 paddle 

 clubs; spears, E 3944-47, E 4930-4937; longiels, E 3906-07; fine fibre shield, 

 basket; ring of Tridacna shell, E5179; many arrows, bows. 



Australia. Basket, E2105; 9 wommera or spear-throwers; 10 boome- 

 rangs, two of them decorated with carving; 5 shields, throwing-clubs, bull- 

 roarers. A large collection of spears, arrows, clubs, paddles, baskets, fans, 

 bracelets and other personal ornaments that cannot well be identified by 

 photograph on a small scale. The specimens are authentic, many of them 

 added to the old Marine Museum before counterfeiting was in vogue, and so 

 far as known they form the best collection of Pacific material in the Ameri- 

 can museums. 



The following lists were made by my secretary and companion on the 

 journey while on his way back to New York from Honolulu. His experience 

 with me has made the lists as complete, probably, as if I had been with him. 

 All the museums, except that at Pittsburg, I have previously visited. 



CHICAGO. Field Museum of Natural History. Frederick J. V. Skiff, Director. 

 Hawaiian Islands. Niho palaoa, a hook without hair, water-bottle. 



Samoan Islands. Fourteen fans, 14 combs, 5 mats, various ornaments, 

 6 kapa dresses, 18 sheets of kapa (siapo), 7 kapa-beaters. 



Marquesan Islands. Four fine clubs, stilt rest, several human bone 

 ornaments. 



Tongan Islands. Eighteen clubs, 3 fish-hooks, adze and unmounted 

 head. 



Hervey Islands. Sixteen ceremonial adzes; 28 carved paddles, 2 ditto 

 very fine, one 4.5 ft. long (No. 91,414). 



New Zealand. Four feather capes, one of kiwi, all new looking; 2 

 finely carved paddles, several plain paddles, 2 stone mere, bone patu, 2 feather- 

 boxes, 5 specimens of Maori carving, shark-tooth ornament, 3 specimens of 

 kauri gum. 



Fijian Islands. Five musket-clubs, 2 lotus clubs, 2 knob clubs. 



Rapanui or Faster Island. One figure. 



New Caledonia. Five death-masks, 4 water gourds, 13 door-posts 

 carved with figures, 3 wooden figures, small handled adze, 40 phallic clubs, 

 14 bird-bill clubs, 5 disk clubs, 15 lime-boxes, basket-work, combs, spears, 

 wrist ornaments, straw dresses, 2 masks, several wooden figures. 



From New Hebrides, a small but good collection. Admiralty Islands, 

 good collection of obsidian-head spears. Matty Island, 6 dishes, 6 paddles. 

 New Guinea, a hand club. New Ireland, specimens somewhat mixed. A 



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