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Four armlets, 2 adzes. Paama Id., N. H. 



Club. Tongariki, N. H. 



Two clubs. Eromanga Id., N. H. 



Eight armlets, coiled wooden bangle, 2 charms, sling, matted 

 bag, pandean pipe. Tanna Id., N. H. 



Two charms. Aneiteum Id., N. H. 



Matted bag. Valua Id., N. H. 



Ceremonial head dress, 12 armlets, mone}-, skirt, matted bag, 

 adze, food scraper. New Hebrides. 



A FEW NOTES ON SOME OF THE MORE NOTEWORTHY SPECIMENS 

 IN THIS COLLECTION BY WM. T. BRIGHAM. 



Among the drums is one much smaller than usual but of good 

 workmanship, shown in Fig. 6, No. 11,386. The wood is a dark, 

 rather heavy wood; the interior well bored, slightly flaring toward 

 the base which is open. The membrane is of snake or lizard skin, 

 well worn, attached by many folds of vegetable fibre. Wings on 

 either side seem to have been intended for attaching feathers; 

 each is pierced by six holes drilled from each side. The handle 

 is carved from the same block. The upper and lower thirds of the 

 drum still show the cuts of the tool that formed them, while the 

 middle section is much smoother. In playing on the drum a not 

 unpleasant sound is produced by striking with the back of the 

 finger nails, and it is louder than would be expected from the 

 small size of the drum. 



Of the carved spatulas (Fig. 7), the wood is the same as the 

 drum. The handle is for use evidently as well as for the display 

 of ornament. In No. 11,398 it is formed by two human figures, 

 one above the other in totem-pole style, the upper one being 

 slightly smaller, but of the identical pattern. The cutting is deep 

 under the chin separating the arms and hands, and in the same 

 way the legs are completely separated. The heads are peculiar: 

 the eyes circular cuts without pupils; the nose long and continu- 

 ing the line of the forehead, while the mouth is almost invisible in 

 the lower chin; both toes and fingers are wanting. The total 

 length is 17.5 inches. 



Of the same style is the larger spatula. No. 11,399, which 

 measures 24.2 inches, but the two men forming the handle are 

 placed back to back, and there is a side ornament on the stem 



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