London, British Museum. 



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circles with red centres*. 2 Helmets, once feathered (Meyrick 

 Collecflion). 4 Helmets with feathers in good condition; 2 Hel- 

 mets from Vancouver's colledtion, in fair condition with feathers. 

 Helmet of wicker work and detached crest. Kukailimoku 

 (lycverian Museum). 4 Kukailimoku, one of them figured by 

 Cook. Many feather leis. 2 Rectangular feather mats possibl}^ 

 u.sed by the kahuna or priest as a mat for the idol or atunakua. 

 2 large idols of wood (Black ohia?). Curious wooden idol with 

 helmet: there are no legs and it was apparently carried on a pole 

 as was the god Kukailimoku. It is covered neatly with kapa 

 like some idols from the Marquesas. Fig. 49, PI. XII. An- 

 other wooden idol with the peculiar form of trimmed hair called 

 mahiole. Fig. 50, Pi. XII. Wooden idol with wide mouth well 

 armed with teeth and with head slightly reverted. Fig. 51, PI. 

 XII. Wooden idol somewhat larger with human hair. 2 Wooden 

 heads of images, probably idols. Idol of stone and fragments of 

 another from Necker Island, taken thence by officers of H. M. S. 

 Champion. Aumakua. 5 Kahili, small with bone and tortoise- 

 shell handles; 8 Stone mirrors, good. 5 Kupee or bracelets of boar 

 teeth, large (Vancouver). 6 Ditto, with tortoise-shell. Niho 

 palaoa (W. Ellis); 7 Common Niho palaoa; one with 4 small 

 bone or shell nihos, and a similar one with 6 

 little nihos. 2 Nihos small and broad. Leis of 

 small red, white and black shells [tV]. Leis 

 of Strongylodo7i luciduin and shells of Patella stri- 

 ata [V]; Leis of Cyprcra moneta [V]; Leis of 

 Conus [V]. Hula drum of coconut wood with 

 shark-skin head; another without head. Hula 

 drum of coconut wood well carv^ed. Large 

 feathered hula rattle (Uliuli hula). 2 Kupee 

 hula with rows of brown and white Melampus 

 shells; 2 of black beans ( Strong ylodon luciduvi ); 

 2 of dog-teeth (nihoilio); another of dog-teeth 

 [ V] . Drum of coconut wood on which is bound a coconut drum 

 (Puni hula). F'ig. 48. 2 Ipuhokiokio. 6 le kuku or Kapa 

 beaters; 3 le kuku [V]. 2 Pa'u boards, the larger one said to 

 have been given to Captain Beechey b}- Queen Pomare (Tahiti). 



Fig. 48. 



* Colored drawings were obtained of seventeen feather cloaks and capes, which will be 

 described in another publication. 



t V stands for Vancouver Colledtion. 



