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Report of a Journey Around the World. 



used in reef-fishing (Fig. 201), sling-stones, common mats, large boat-shaped 

 idol, tortoise-bone hoe, 20 packages of taik, comb with feathers. 



Gilbert Islands. Three suits of coconut fibre armor, another suit 

 with an erect collar ( Fig. 202), 3 trousers of fibre with shirt attached, sunfish 

 belt, glove armed with shark teeth, 12 shark-teeth swords, cord dresses, 

 models of canoes, mats of hau and pandanus, 3 stalactite fish-hooks, 4 com- 

 mon fish-hooks. 



Marshall Islands. Two drums, 3 canoe models, stone adze with an 

 unusual knob on the handle (Fig. 203). 



20I. CAROLINE ISLANDS HATS WORN ON REEF. 



Bismarck Archipelago. Many masks, 11 human frontal bone masks, 

 large chalk figure, 19 smaller ones, 11 stone ball clubs, many swords and flat 

 clubs, 5 carvings from New Britain. Group of Hornbill (Buceros) delivering 

 a woman — this bird being the Lmcina of New Ireland. 



New Guinea. Curved wooden shield, heavy round shield, 5 dukduk hats. 



New Hebrides. Human figures and many clubs of ordinary forms. 



Admiralty Islands. Nine obsidian lance-heads. 



Solomon Islands. Shield finely inlaid with squares of pearl shell, 

 7 carved canoe figures, canoe model, small food bowl; 7 dance paddles of 

 common form, and 3 with carved handles; 2 clubs covered with plaited 

 Gleichenia, shell disk frontlet with tortoise-shell "thunder-bolt". 



Hermit or Anachorite Islands. Three long, pointed wooden bowls; 



2 shell adzes, 4 frontal bone masks, wooden fiddle (New Britain). 



Torres Straits Islands. Tortoise-shell masks, good ; 2 disk clubs, 



3 carved pillows, star club, 3 drums. 



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