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226. SHARK-TEKTH IMPLEMENTS. 



funnels for feeding chiefs during the moko or face-tatuing, carved genealogi- 

 cal stick. 2 balls for the game of poi, 4 mokoed human heads; 8 tiki, small; 

 mussel dredge, 24 taiaha and many duplicates, 8 tewhatewha or battle-axes, 



[3 mere of jade, 28 jade adzes, 2 heitiki of human skull bone, 28 jade heitiki, 



7 jade chisels, main- earrings both of jade and of bone, ., carved adze handles, 

 short; 29 carved boxes for ornaments, etc., one of choice work from Cook's 

 voyage; 14 carved wood and bone whistles; 17 carved whistles, 2 whistles of 

 plain wood. 2 knives of jade for trimming priest's hair, 2 long trumpets 

 Fi^'. 17 ... and another much shorter, 2 trumpets of Triton shell with carved 

 wood mouth-pieces, kete of common kind, 2 cloaks of kiwi feathers, many 



cloaks and capes of I "horni 1 H m fibre, 4 heru or combs of usual form, greenstone 



- in great number, WOOden shark hook carved all over; whale-tooth 

 ornament for the breast, engraved with human face. Carved sacrificial knives 

 with shark-teeth on one edge, the teeth very serrate h'iji. 228 1. These knives 

 are in several of the Cook collections as will be seen ill these pages. 



Society Islands. Warriors'a belt of small bones strung lengthwise, 



pearl-shell breast ornament, full dress tor mourner figured in Cook's Voy- 



3 K" r Kcts of feathers and shark-teeth on fibre net, dress-rap of t'< athets 

 and Ovulum shells, breast oniallh lit of feathers and square bits of white 



