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on the handle, the other only one; the lashings of both are volumi- 

 nous and neatly wound, but while the second has a rounded and 

 perfectly usable handle, the first and more elaborately carved one 

 has a very angular handle that suggests usage merely ceremonial. 

 The little island Paama in the channel between the volcanoes 

 Anibrym and Api, with the larger Malekula not far to the west, 

 is well adapted for a trade centre. Fig. 14. 



From the Kiriwina group are certain weapons perhaps cere- 

 monial, for they hardly seem equal to a real fight; perhaps the 

 serrate ones are reminiscent of the shark-teeth armature of Gilbert 

 and other groups. The workmanship is rather poor, although 

 better in the flat No. 11,413 (third in illustration). The serrate 

 ones are numbered 11,412, 11,411 and 11,410. The longest speci- 

 men in Fig. 15 is 26 inches. The common Ambr^ni or Malekula 

 club with arm sling is in most large museums, but the present 

 specimens ( Fig. 16) are of better finish than common. No. 11,600 

 with the sling from Malekula, and 11,651 from Ambrym are beau- 

 tifully made and polished. 



A collection from this region of the Pacific without face masks 

 would be questionable, and we have in Fig. 17 one of the least 

 horrid in this collection. It is from Malekula, a district famous 

 for cannibalism, of which the mouth gives an impression, but the 

 high forehead and quiet eyes seem to add respectability to the 

 diet. As the masks were generall}' used in religious dances they 

 were often of flimsy construction and were destroyed at the end of 

 the ceremonial for which they were constructed; but the present 

 one is carved in wood, and with paint and no gum to distort the 

 outline it would stand repeated usage. 



The ver}^ conspicuous two-horned head dress of the image 

 shown in Fig. 18 makes it doubtful whether it should be classed 

 with human or divine beings; the nose and ej-es are divine in the 

 New Hebridean idea, while the head dress and mouth are rather 

 human. The treatment of the upper arm constricted by a tight 

 armlet is well marked; so is the belt; there are bracelets, and 

 the fingers are indicated folded on an empty stomach. The 

 sexual attributes have been partially amputated, and the legs 

 are strongly suggestive of elephantiasis; the toes are long and in 

 full number, and the heels are decidedly African. On the whole 



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