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proportion to the body and although the old convention is retained for the fea- 

 tures, the eyes are smaller and more elongated. It is interesting to note that 

 many of the modern stone figures, which are purely commercial, show the same 

 changes in convention. Those which do not exhibit this modified convention are 

 crudely naturalistic, and no wooden specimen was seen in which the ancient con- 

 vention has been accurately reproditced. 



A curious double statuette, now in the jjossession of ]\!me. Mallius of 

 Ta'aoa, Hiva Oa, is shown on Plate Lxxxiv. C. It is made of foa wood, and has 

 been stained black, apivarently by the i)rocess used in coloring war clubs. This 

 would indicate a considerable age, although the carving appears to have been 

 done with metal tools. The lengthened leg and disproportionatelv shortened 

 arm of the degenerate convention are present, but the faces are surprisinglv natu- 

 ralistic. The two figures, which are male and female, were originally joined 

 together at the back, as in practically all ]\Iarquesan double figures. 



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