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In \\\v cntranct' aisle is a Ilawaiiiui leather eajx'. sucli as were worn 

 by the kin«2;s and chiefs of Hawaii. es])eeially in war. 'i'liis six'ciinen has 

 l)een in America more than a century. 'Hie red and >-ellow feathers are 

 taken from a s])e(a(>s of honey sucker. The work re(iuii-ed in obtaining- 

 the feathers and makin<; the cai)e is very ^reat. 



The liall as a wliole falls into two main divisions. On the east are 

 the Polynesians and Microiu^sians who inhabit Samoa, Hawaii, 'i'ahiti. 

 Marcjuesas, the (Jilbert. Marshall, and Caroline; Islands.* Their 



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weapons, mats, tapa cloth and the implements used in its manufacture 

 are of especial interest. There are a number of models of canoes to 

 remind us that these people are wonderful boatmen and adventurous 

 seafarers. On the west side are the Melanesians of the Bismarck 

 archipelago, the Solomons, New Hebrides, and New Caledonia. Es- 

 pecial attention is directed to their carvings in wood shown in the large 

 case of sacred masks, and the poles on the case which resemble the 

 totem poles of the Northwest coast of America. 



Near the entrance to the tower are cases devoted to ttie natives of 

 Australia, in which are their boomerangs, crude stone tools, and interest- 

 ing ceremonial objects. 



In front of the tower a Maori warrior is balanced on a large boulder 



* The Fijians, while Melanesian in race, have a culture very similar to that of Samoa and 

 are therefore represented in the same section of the hall. 



