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Report of a Journey Around the World. 



New Caledonia. Ten phallic clubs, nephrite disk club, 3 other clubs; 

 4 death-masks, 5 adzes, 5 shields, spears, throwing-club, figures. 



Solomon Islands. Large collection of clubs, spears, paddles, bowls. 

 inlaid shield like the one in Munich. 



Australia. Twenty-two nulla nulla and waddy, 5 wommera or spear- 

 throwers, 13 shields, 8 hammers, small bark canoe, 2 pump-drills, 6 decorated 

 breast shells, 7 bewitching-sticks, stone knife for mika operation, boomerangs 

 in great number. 



New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelago. Dancing-masks, a fine 

 series; strings of shell money, money chains; 8 rattan nooses used by head 

 hunters (Fly River); 2 carved figures. Carved drum (South New Guinea); 

 another with shell rattlers; 3 of common form. Star stone club with n points 

 to the stone star ; another with 4 points. Many and 

 good chalk images from New Ireland. Large series of 

 charms from Hermit Islands, usually a lower human 

 jaw corded, and decorated with feather and stick pend- 

 ants. Two adzes with jade blades (Fig. 218). From 

 New Britain, carved wood images; 2 pump-drills with 

 stick for fly; carved wood figure, life size ; 8 masks of 

 the frontal portion of human crania dressed with gum; 

 3 lower jaws, canoe bailer with handle joined to back 

 and bottom. 



The Admiralty group, including Matty Island, was 

 well represented here. 



I/]$IPj5IG. Museum fiir Volkerkunde [Grassi Muse- 

 um]. Prof. Dr. Karl Weule, Director. 



Tongan Islands. Clubs, paddles, fans, baskets; 

 a good collection. 



Fijian Islands. Fine lotus clubs and a good 

 general collection. 



Marquesas Islands. Five carved boxes, 4 stone figures, carved paddle, 

 3 clubs, model of a double canoe (Fig. 218 a). 



New Zealand. Five carved boxes, many adzes, clubs, paddles, 2 mo- 

 koed heads, 6 mere, 9 heitiki. 



Admiralty Islands. Twelve large human figures; large bowls. 



218. ADZE WITH 

 JADE BLADE. 



The collection from New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago was too 

 large to catalogue in the time at our disposal. The whole museum is very 

 attractive and worth a much longer study. 



COI/OGNE. Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum [Stadt. Mus. fiir Volkerkunde]. 

 Dr. Willy Foy, Director. Dr. F. Graebner, Assistant. 



Hawaiian Islands. Bearing-stick, spear, lei niho palaoa. 

 Society Islands. Large kapa-beater from Tahiti. 

 Marquesas Islands. Club, paddle. 

 Hervey Islands. Nine carved paddles, 3 ceremonial adzes. 



Tongan Islands. Fourteen tine clubs, baskets, kapa specimens. 



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