Berli?i Muscinn fur I'dlkcrkunde. 



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Stern post of canoe very narrow. Modeled figure with cloak of 

 flax, lieitiki, staff and mere. 3 Pare or door-caps, large and fairly 

 carved. 2 Carved kumete for feathers, etc. Side post of door. 

 4 Tikis, one a female with lizard. Carved funnel for feeding a 

 Chief while undergoing nioko. Portion of carv^ed canoe prow. 

 Grindstone, large. 2 Jade heitikis. Jade earring. 2 Hammer 

 stones. 9 Jade adzes. 33 Greenstone adzes. 2 GreeUvStone 

 meres. 2 Meres of wood, plain; 7 carved. 

 3 Jade meres ; i of carved bone ; 6 

 of plain bone. 2 Clubs, carved. 2 Flax 

 pounders of stone. 4 Carved wood 

 walking sticks. Tata of medium size. 

 Model of canoe. 3 Paddles, plain; 3 

 carved. 12 Taiaha or Chief's staff. 

 6 TcTvhatcwha or Battle axes. 

 Rapanui (Easter Islaiid). 

 3 Human figures, one remarkably fine. 

 9 Images of inferior quality. 4 I^izards. 

 2 Moi. 2 'Talking-sticks' of ordinary 

 form and size; another very old, showing 

 the human head. Fig. 24, A-B. 

 Stone head. 6 Head-rings of feathers. 7 Obsidian lance- 

 heads; another mounted on a long staff. 3 lyarge stone adzes. 

 3 Curiously carved paddles with groove at small end for attach- 

 ing the awkward handle. 2 Crescent-shaped gorgets. 



Samoa 71 Islands. 

 7 Canoe models. 2 Gongs of wood, trough-form, 60 in. long, 61 



Fig. 25. 



in. girth. 2 Grindstones. Fans galore. Awa bowl of peculiar 

 tripod form. Fig. 25. 7 Small awa bowls. 3 Combs. 5 Kapa 

 beaters. 3 Upete for printing kapa. 6 Stone adzes with handles; 

 55 without. 26 War clubs of various but not unusual forms. 



