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Mr. Fuller and Mr. Beasley are no careless gatherers of specimens or curi- 

 osities. Their specimens are selected with great care and their history and 

 provenance sought industriously: 



Large collection of carved Maori feather-boxes. Several good Fijian 

 clubs. 2 extra large pineapple clubs, splendid Fijian club of unusual type, 

 large and good collection of fish-hooks. Maori patu of iron painted green,' 

 a fair set of hcitiki, 2 Maori flutes. Very large, carved 

 Fijian pillow. Cachelot-teeth necklace from Fiji, the larg- 

 est seen. Shark's teeth sword with lateral rows of teeth 

 extending half the length of the blade. From the Pelew 

 Islands a table, bowl and carved earrings. Awa bowl. The 

 New Zealand collection was especially fine. 



A little farther awaj' from London was the very interest- 

 ing collection of Mr. J. Fdge-Partington. In this, besides 

 many things from the Solomon Islands, were the following: 



Fijian yaqona bowl, 33 in. in diameter; 3 Marquesan 

 clubs; Maori trumpet, better carved than any other seen. 

 New Guinea carved wood head in which to keep pubic 

 hairs. A magnificent Solomon Islands ring of shell, pre- 

 senting a circular section: this ring was of unusual size. 



CAMBRIDGE I England I. Baron Anatole von Hiigel, 

 240. kite. Director. The new Ethnological Museum will probably 



be ready for occupation by the time this report is issued. 



Hawaiian Islands. Ring poi-pounder, several of common form, kupee 

 hula ilio. stone adzes, kupee of boar-tusks ; lniewai pawehe, small but "Dod. 

 Several other Hawaiian things are packed for removal to new quarters. 



Marquesas Islands. Several clubs, 2 stilt rests, carved box, several 

 ornament-. 



Society Islands. A stone temple lamp with Rev. George Bennett's 

 label on it. and precisely like the four in the British Museum | Fig. 229). 



Tongan Islands. Many line clubs, several bowls. 3 paddles. 



Samoan Islands. Two Nautilus shell frontlets, many good clubs, 

 stone adzes, several combs. 



Hervey Islands. Six ceremonial carved paddles and a ceremonial staff. 



Rapanui or Easter Island. Carved lizard, double paddle; gorget of 

 wood, usual crescent shape; human figure. 



New Zealand. Canoe model; bailer, broken; 3 carved leumete, rao- 

 koed head of good quality, carved funnel for feeding chief during the process 

 of moko; flax-pounder witli head carved on the stone handle; 3 mere of bone, 



I of jade, 3 of carved wood; patu of bone and a small one of wood; 3 tewha- 

 tewha, carved whistle or fife, 2 Carved small whistles, 3 paddles, prow and 

 stern of war-canoe, jade adze in carved handle, Q heitikis of jade, 2 jade 

 ornaments, bone hern or comb; 5 earrings of jade, 2 of carved hone; large 

 bowl, chief's staff. 



Fijian Islands. Sixty knobbed clubs, 1 inlaid; 25 pineapple, I0 lotus, 

 60 musket. 55 round, 35 throwing, 50 miscellaneous ; 28 paddles, one bound 

 with sennit, seventeen carved; 70 Bpears, some finely carved; 84 pots, one 



tripod, three tortoise-shaped, two cook ing ; 20 carved wood pillows, 15 kapa- 

 Occasionai. I'aii es I! P B. M. VOL. V. No. s— 20. 



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