162 MASKS AND LABRETS. 



PLATE IX. 



Fig. 8. — Front view of a wooden maskette, from New Ireland, near New Guinea, from 

 a specimen in the American Museum of Natural History, New York City. Figured 

 by permission of the director, Prof. A. S. Bickmore; (page 102). 



Figs. 9, 10 (20651). — Front view and section of a wooden maskette, from Levuka, 

 Friendly Islands. Presented to the UuitedStatesNatioualMuseum by H. S. Kirby; 

 (page 101). 



