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Report of a Journey Around the World. 



New Caledonia. Ten phallic clubs, nephrite disk club, 3 other cUibs; 

 4 death-masks, 5 adzes, 5 shields, spears, throwing-club, figures. 



Solomon Islands. Ivarge collection of clubs, spears, paddles, bowls, 

 inlaid shield like the one in Munich. 



Australia. Twenty-two nulla nulla and waddy, 5 womniera or spear- 

 throwers, 13 shields, 8 hammers, small bark canoe, 2 pump-drills, 6 decorated 

 breast shells, 7 bewitching-sticks, stone knife for ))ul<a operation, boomerangs 

 in great number. 



New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelag-o. Dancing-masks, a fine 

 series; strings of shell money, money chains; 8 rattan nooses used by head 

 hunters (Fly River); 2 carved figures. Carved drum (South New Guinea); 

 another with shell rattlers; 3 of common form. Star stone club with 1 1 points 

 to the stone star; another with 4 points. Many and 

 good chalk images from New Ireland. Large series of 

 charms from Hermit Islands, usually a lower human 

 jaw corded, and decorated with feather and stick pend- 

 ants. Two adzes with jade blades (Fig. 218). From 

 New Britain, carved wood images; 2 pump-drills with 

 stick for fly; carved wood figure, life size ; 8 masks of 

 the frontal portion of human crania dressed with gum; 

 3 lower jaws, canoe bailer with handle joined to back 

 and bottom. 



The Admiralty group, including Matty Island, was 

 well represented here. 



I/^EIP^IG. Museum fiir Volkerkunde [Grassi Muse- 

 um]. Prof. Dr. Karl Weule, Director. 



Tongan Islands. Clubs, paddles, fans, baskets; 

 a good collection. 



Fijian Islands. Fine lotus clubs and a good 

 general collection. 



Marquesas Islands. Five carved boxes, 4 stone figures, carved paddle, 

 3 clubs, model of a double canoe (Fig. 218 a). 



New Zealand. Five carved boxes, many adzes, clubs, paddles, 2 mo- 

 koed heads, 6 mere, 9 heitiki. 



Admiralty Islands. Twelve large human figures; large l^owls. 



The collection from New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago was too 

 large to catalogue in the time at our disposal. The whole museum is very 

 attractive and worth a much longer study. 



218. ADZE WITH 

 JADE BLADE. 



COI/OGNE. Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum [Stadt. Mus. fiir Volkerkunde]. 

 Dr. Willy Foy, Director. Dr. F. Graebner, Assistant. 



Hawaiian Islands. Bearing-stick, spear, lei niho palaoa. 

 Society Islands. Large kapa-beater from Tahiti. 

 Marquesas Islands. Club, paddle. 



Hervey Islands. Nine carved paddles, 3 ceremonial adzes. 

 Tongan Islands. Fourteen fine chibs, baskets, kapa specimens. 



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