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Admiralty Islands. Two human figures, 8 spears with obsidian heads; 

 obsidian dagger with well-carved human head for handle, a line specimen; 2 

 lime-boxes of gourd, canoe-bailer; penis cover engraved shell of Ovulum ovum. 



Australia. Shields, throwing-clubs and boomerangs. A good general 

 collection. 



Caroline Islands. \'ery fair collection; nothing rare. 



Gilbert Islands. Complete coconut fibre armor and shark-tooth weapons. 



HAMBURG. Staatliches Museum fiir Volkerkunde. Dr. Georg Thilenius, 

 Director. 



Hawaiian Islands. Two huewai pawehe, 4 adzes in fragments, model 

 of a double canoe. 



Hervey Islands. Four ceremonial adzes and 4 paddles, all from 

 Mangaia. 



Niue Island. Three paddles, longiel. 



Rapanui. Four human figures; bird, well carved; talking-stick or 

 paddle, club, 2 rude stone human heads, 4 obsidian lance-heads, wooden cres- 

 cent-shaped gorget. 



Marquesas Islands. Crown of 

 carved bone, tortoise-shell and leath- 

 er-.; 3 stilt rests, 3 spears, several 

 beards of old men; fan, club. 



Samoan Islands. Small fish- 

 ing canoe, white hibiscus fibre mat, 

 2 hook clubs, 5 spears, 4 serrate 



clubs, house model; 15 siapo, ordi- 200. GONG, CAROLINE ISLANDS, 



nary patterns; 13 fans, 2 baskets, 

 2 fly-flaps, 3 shell frontlets, common pillow, tatuing implements. 



Tongan Islands. Gypsum poi-ponnder, 2 wooden pillows, 3 squid bait. 



Manihiki. Paddle inlaid with circles of pearl shell; club, two bowls 

 anil a box inlaid in tile same way. 



Fijian Group. Twenty-lour throwing-clubs, 6 pineapple clubs, 7 knob- 

 bed clubs, to round, eo musket form; tree stem with human bones imbedded, 

 a cannibal trophy; 3 cannibal dishes, 2 oil dishes, 7 yaqona bowls, 16 pots, 

 roll for marking kapa, 3 kapa-beaters, 3 wooden pillows, long round pillow, 

 2 flat-topped pillows. 3 human hair wigs, 2 chief's staves, \ satchels, flat; 

 14 carved spear-, model of devil house in sennit. 



New Caledonia. Death-mask in poor condition, 2 adzes with bandies, 

 2 bird-bill clubs. 2 round clubs, small human figure, 3 water-bottles, 2 bambu 



Combs, cylindrical woven head-dress or cape, dresses galore. 



Caroline Islands. Six- oblong wooden bowls, 2 wooden boxes with 

 covers, canoe model, 2 shark-floats, 7 decorated raiioc sticks, 3 decorated 



house beams u-ed to hang clothes upon , 3 coral rock pounders, 7 belts, 



len gong with handles at end Fig. -" o ; tola in greal number. Nukuor 



figure in wood 66 in. high, i smaller figures from same locality. Ponapean 



flat kapa-beater, tortoise-shell dishes and Bpoqps, tatuing implements, hat 



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