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II. Arts of life: 



War uii.l the chase: Clubn; boomerangs; spears and lances; instruments for 

 throwing spears; arrows, quivers; horvs {plain and composite) , cross- 

 bows, bullet-botvs, blow-guns; archers' arm-guards, bowstring pidlers; 

 many-pointed spears; harpoons; slings, bolas; axes, and adzes; hal- 

 bards; glaims, etc. ; swords; daggers and knives; fighting-rings {ces- 

 tus, etc.); fire-arms. 

 Defensive arms: Parrying-slicks and .shields, hodii-armour, helmets. 



Food: Fishing appliances, traps, agricultimd implements, grindivg-mills, cook- 

 ing utensils, strainers, etc. 



Fire njaking (domestic and ceremonial); lUamination {lamps, candles, 

 torches). 



Pottery: Handmade pottery, wheel-made pottery, varieties, substitutes fur 

 pottery. 



Clothing: Covers and garments, head-gear, foot-gear, umbrellas and .mn-shade.% 

 fans and fiy-whisks, spinning, string-making, string and net-ivork. 



Locomotion: Weaving; basketry; bark cloth; wheel and other transport; skates 

 and gnotvshoes; navigation {boats, ships, paddles, etc.); horse gear 

 {harness, bits, slioes, spurs, stirnijis); whips andflagella; staves; cra- 

 dles and baby carriers. 



Domestic appliances, etc.: Tools {cutting, sawing, drilling, rasping, etc.); 

 spoons, forks, knives; locks and keys; measures of weight, time, etc.; 

 currency; writing and primitive records; dwellings; head rests; sur- 

 gical appliances, medicine; metallurgy {bronze, iron). 



III. Arts op pleasure: 



Personal adornment: Toilet gear, mirrors, combs, cosmetics; tattooing; artificial 

 deformation {head, feet, lips, ears, nose); hair and hair dressing. 



Personal ornaments: Ornaments of shell, bones and teeth of animals, vegetable 

 sidjstance; .armlets and leglets; belts and sa.<ihes; pouches, beads and bead- 

 work; feather work; torques; rings; penanmdar rings; fibulse; ring brooches; 

 pins; cloak fasteners. 



Tobacco and hemp smoking, etc.: Narcotics and stimulants. 



Musical instruments: Percussion {rattles, gongs, bells, dnims, etc); wind {.'^yrin.v, 

 ujhistles, reed instrunmits, trumpets); stringed {musical bow, harps, zith- 

 ers, dulcimers, guitars, fiddles, etc.); masks {dancing, ceremonial, dra- 

 matic). 



Art: Graphic and plastic art; development of ornament and patterns; animal form 

 in art; human form in art; zoomorphic, phyllomorphic designs; geometric 

 patterns; loop, coil, and fret patterns; influence of textiles on designs, etc. 



IV. Magic and Religion: 



Magic, sorcery, etc., divination; primitive religion; oriental religions; ex votos; 

 treatment of the dead; war trophies. 

 V. Ceremonial implements. 



OBJECTS collected DURING CAPTAIN COOK's VOYAGES. 



The valvmble Cook collections are still kept together in a special 

 series, for which we should be the more thankful since there are but 

 few traces found in museums of this earl}^ stage of ethnographic sci- 

 ence relating to the time of the first contact of Europeans with the 

 South Sea Islanders. 



The arrangement of the collection is of such a unique character that 

 a thorough studj^, to be satisfactory, should ])e pursued for at least 



