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of the cases in the gallery are Oil Jars and Food Bowls, and in 

 the corner at the top of the stairs is a pile of Food Bowls each 

 hewn out of solid timber. 



THE SOLOMON ISLANDS are next illustrated by exhibits 

 in Cases Nos. 2, 3 and 4, amongst which are Fishing Floats, Trade 

 Axes with long handles ornamented with pearl shell, Women's 

 Dresses, Combs, Shell Armlets, Clubs ornamented with coloured 

 grasses, Breast Ornaments made of shell. Waist Belts, Arrows, 

 Ornaments with carvings, three Shields — one ornamented with 

 shell, one of carved wood, and one of woven cane, — and numerous 

 small Trinkets of various kinds. Above centre Cases Nos. 13, 

 14 and 16 there are Food Bowls ornamented with pearl shell. 

 Suspended from the ceiling are Canoes, and the pillars 

 supporting the gallery are ornamented with Spears from this 

 crroup. The northern wall in the gallery is decorated with fine 

 Clubs made by the natives. In table Case No. 7 in the gallery is 

 a collection of Stone Axes from Ugi Island. 



THE SAI^IOAN ISLANDS AND TONGA are represented 

 in Case No. 5 and on the north end wall of the gallery by Tappa 

 Cloth, Fans, Cloaks made of fibre, and Mat Sulus or Women's 

 Dresses; and by Stone Implements in table Case No. 7 in 



the gallery. 



THE VITI OR FIJI ISLANDS specimens are shown 

 in Case No. 6. Among them are Women's Dresses, Sleeping 

 Mats, single and double Pillows, Wigs, Food Baskets, Stone 

 Adzes, large and small Cava Bowls, Fly Brushes made from 

 reeds and the tail feathers of the tropic bird. Combs, &c. Some 

 Dresses are suspended from the gallery, and on the end wall of the 

 gallery are large Spears and Clubs. 



From ROTUM AH and FIJI there are also some fine specimens 

 of printed Tappa Cloth, and large Grass Mats in Case No. 11 

 (at foot of stairs). 



THE NEW HEBRIDES and NEW CALEDONIA are 

 illustrated by specimens in Case No. 7. There are exhibited here 

 a large flat wooden Figure of a Woman, a small Model of a 



