PLATE 7- 



Beateks from the Tongan and Solomon Groups. 



The beaters on this plate are short and thick and generally distinct from the 

 Polj^uesian forms already shown. In the Tongan the sides are no longer parallel 

 but inclined towards the handle, which is short and flaring. The clumsiness of 

 the Solomon Islands specimens is in keeping with the coarseness of the fabric they 

 prepare : the shape and proportion of the faces remind one of the stone faces used 

 in old Mexico. No ruler seems to have been used in marking the ridges. 



