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Pateras or cava bowls, dishes, etc. 

 Matting, and baskets of various patterns. 

 Pottery — water vessels and for cooking. 



Musical instruments, consisting of Pandean pipes, nose flutes, war conch, and 

 drum. 



Mosquito nets, fans, fly brushes, wooden pillows. 



Stone adzes. 



Fishing nets and lines, cordage, etc. 



Dresses for females, of various and some brilliant colors. 



Armlets and necklaces in great variety, neck ornaments, headbands. 



Tapa, or cloth, also of great variety of patterns in the stained figures. 



SAMOA ISLANDS AND TONGATABU. 



These islands, in common with the other Polynesians, have evidently derived their 

 arts mostly from the Fijis. Their implements as we recede become less numerous, 

 with often much diversity in the model. I note only — 



Arrows for catching pigeons, of the Samoa Islands. 



Models of the single canoe. 



Models, large, double Tonga canoe, used for distant sea voyages. 



Rasps of shark's skin, for working wood, common to many Polynesian islands. 



TAHITI. 



We obtained very few things at Tahiti, where native implements are becoming 

 rare. We saw no weapons of the original stamps. 



SANDWICH ISLANDS. 



The same remarks apply in a good measure to this group. Native ingenuity dis- 

 appears when brought in contact with civilized man, and with a knowledge of 

 money the bark -beaten cloth of the South Seas gives place to calico at 10 cents a 

 yard. We obtain here, however, more extensive collections. I mention only— 



The large calabashes, used as baskets to carry burdens, and found so convenient 

 by all travelers. 



Tapa, in imitation of European patterns. 



Models of canoe. 



Feather ornaments — the yellow is the favorite color here.^ 



MARQUESAS ISLANDS. 



Specimens of the ingenious carving of these islanders, procured many years ago, 

 were presented by Mr. Demester. 



LOW OR POMOTEE ARCHIPELAGO. 



These lonely coral reefs present attractions only for this amphibious race of 

 people. Implements of the same pattern with other Polynesian, but much ruder. 

 There is no longer any stone for hatchets, and a piece of shell is substituted, while 

 a crooked root serves for a handle. There is no bark suitable for making cloth or 

 tapa, and their clothing consists exclusively of matting. 



PENRHYNS ISLAND. 



The same remarks will apply to Penrhyns Island, with its wild and impetuous 

 inhabitants; but, being covered with cocoanut trees, it is nmch more populous, and 

 the implements obtained show neater workmanship. 



