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shell, 4 stone temple lamps (Fig. 229), wooden shrine for Tit vahine; large 

 wooden god, 5 wood carvings like Hawaiian anmakna, 3 wooden gods with 

 hands on sides; 3 figures of ivory, small size; 2 small idols, the taller 

 10.5 inches, the other decked with ornaments. Tahitian gods not of human 

 form, one, Oro, wrapped in basket-work. Small wooden figure with long legs 

 and very small arms. Small wooden figure with cowrie attached to stem. 

 Carved block of unknown intent, 6.25 in. high. Long cylindrical wooden 



gong with longitudinal slit, well 

 carved ; 3 wooden drums like the 

 Hawaiian, 2 pillows of bi-colored 

 Pandanus leaves, 10 lava poi-pound- 

 ers very well made, 5 kapa-beaters, 

 2 sunshades (Fig. 245); 4 wooden 

 stools, well cut ; 2 wooden boxes for 

 ornaments; 2 smaller, similar boxes; 

 14 mounted stone adzes, common 

 form; 3 wooden pillows like the 

 stools but lighter; large wicker-work 

 head-dress from Raiatea (see Cook's 

 figure), bailer for canoe, 2 large 

 wooden shark-hooks, netting needle 

 24 in. long, 4 wooden axes for cutting 

 bread-fruit; large weapon edged with 

 shark-teeth, carried by mourners. 

 Pa'u board exactly like the Hawaiian 

 one "given by Oueen Pomare to Cap- 

 tain Belcher". 



Samoan Islands. Wooden fe- 

 male image 27 in. high, rudely carved, 

 the only .Samoan image known to me 

 that could be considered an idol 

 Fig. 230). Pump-drill, fine; many 

 fans without much variety, tattling 

 implements, baskets of common 

 work, 3 frontlets of double rows of 

 Nautilus shell, upete, human hair 

 belts, 2 stone adzes with handles, 

 13 stone adzes in the rough, wooden 

 thatching needle. 



229. TEMPLE LAMP. Niue Island. Six paddle clubs, 



5 projectiles of stalactite, many 

 spears with two prongs, spear with 



stag-horn head, many common spears, staff or pole, canoe model, 12 conical 



fish-nets, 2 kapa-beaters, siapo figured and fringed. 



Marquesas Islands. Six clubs of the finest kind (Fig. 231 1; 2 pair 

 fine stilts complete, sticks 6 ft. long, 2.5 in. in diameter, chafers of kapa; 

 8 carved stilt rests, two of them distinctly male figures; 6 long paddles, net 

 for gourd container, several slings, kapa from Egmont Island; 2 gorgets of 

 wood covered with beans of Abrus firecatorius . 



Rapanui or Easter Island. Two large stone figures (in colonnade); 

 10 male and 2 female figures well carved, 2 rougher work; 2 carved birds and 

 several grotesques, carved human hand, 5 small dance paddles, obsidian 

 lance-heads, rope of human hair; 5 gorgets of wood, the usual crescent form, 

 one inscribed with hieroglyphs. [443] 



