118 PACIFIC ISLANDS 
On either side are groups engaged in grating cocoanut, making 
kava, and weaving mats for a house. 
In the entrance aisle is a Hawalian feather cape, such as were worn 
by the kings and chiefs of Hawaii, especially in war. This specimen 
has been in America more than a century. The red and yellow feathers 
are taken from two species of honey suckers. The work required in 
obtaining the feathers and making the cape is very great. 
The hall as a whole falls into two main divisions. On the east are 
the Polynesian and Micronesians who inhabit Samoa, Hawaii, Tahiti, 
Marquesas, the Gilbert, Marshall, and Caroline Islands.* Their 
HAWAIIAN FEATHER CLOAK 
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 NewCaledonia. Espe- 
cial attention is directed to their carvings in wood shown in the large 
vase 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 on the left are cases devoted to the 
*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. 
