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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 
Ambrym 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 26inches. The common Ambrym 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 generally 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 very 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 eyes 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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