6 Flo yen cc — [ Icn na . 



Brazil and the region of the Orinoco are especially well represented 

 and generally America, both North and South, takes the lead. The 

 Pacific Region contributes little of note. From the Hawaiian Is- 

 lands only a lei palaoa, koi, ic kuku, and some kapa. The coarse ka- 

 pas from Bolivia and the Rio Napo were interesting, and the Mex- 

 ican feather mosaics and the plumes and feather head-bands from 

 the Chamacocos del Chico boreale were very beautiful. There was 

 a fair New Guinea series, also specimens from Micronesia and Fiji, 

 but nothing not common in other museums. In Florence, owing to 

 the absence of the Curator, during the Easter holidays, none of the 

 local colledtions were seen. Since this was written Prof. Dr. Gigli- 

 oli has kindly sent the two valuable papers he has published* de- 

 scribing a number of articles from the Pacific that have been, in the 

 Real Museo di Fisica e Storia Naturale at F'lorence since the end 

 of the last centurj-; man}-, if not all of them, from Cook's third V03- 

 age. When the famous Paolo Mantegazza founded the Museo Naz- 

 ionale di Antropologia e di Etnologia, the first of its kind in Ital}', 

 this neglecfted and almost forgotten colledtion became the nucleus 

 of the new museum. In this are the following: — 



2 Feather capes. 2 Helmets without feathers. A number of ka- 

 pas. (Dr. Giglioli quotes fully from the Preliminary Catalogue of 

 the Bishop Museum.) 2 Eei palaoa. 2 Tortoise-shell bracelets. 

 Hula drum of coconut wood. 2 Kupec hoakalakala. 2 Kupee 

 niho ilio. 2 Stone adzes. 6 Fish-hooks. Kou dish with figure 

 for handle; resembles Fig 8. 2 Umeke. Ihc or javelins. Dag- 

 ger, />fl//f«. 2 Leiomano. Some good Tongan clubs, baskets, 

 and nets. The remains of one of the rare Tahitian robes of 

 ceremony; and other objedls of less importance. 



In Vienna was found one of the great museums of Europe. 

 Two palaces separated b}- an extensive square, in which is the stat- 

 ue of Maria Theresa, contain the public museums; on one side the 

 Art collections, on the other tlie_ Ethnology and Natural Histor}^ 

 The Ethnological colle(5tion, in charge of Dr. Franz Heger, is nobly 



* Apunti intorno a4 una CoUezione Etnografica fatta durante il terzo viaggio di Cook e 

 conser\-ata sin dalla fine del secolo scorso nel R. Museo di Fisica e Storia Xaturale di Firenze. 

 Studio del Prof. Dott. Enrico Hillyer Giglioli. Firenze 1893-95. 



