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137^ A curioufly embroidered grafs mat, from A/tgo/a, a matted pocket, containing 

 fpecimens of the body linen made of bark, of Oberea, Queen of Ota- 

 HEiTE, with fome of her Majelly's hair, Ir aided by bcrfelf, a roll of a like 

 plaited hair, and 2 ornaments for the cars, compofed of 6 j)earls, from Ota- 

 hette; 2 elegant feather Arrays or Ruffs, one in a bamboo cafe, from 

 Sandwich IJIands, and a fcratch-head, from Hew Caledonia 

 A patapatoo or war-bliidgcon, a curious trumpet, both finely cewed; a wooden 

 comb, and a bone ear-bob, all from New Zealand ; a knifv^ formed of two 

 teeth of a fliark fixed in a wooden h.mdle, O-why-bee ! and a tataowing in-« 

 ftrumcnt, a fling, and aTctotum, from Otaheite 



2374 Acurious Indian fly- flap, the wh'lk part formed of the fame piece of wood aa 

 that which conflitutes the handle, being cut into long fibres, and twifl:ed ; 

 another made of peacock's feathers ; another made of the feathers of the 

 common domeflic fowl ; a net made of plaited twine, and various other or- 

 naments, thread, tape, twine, filh-hooks, &c. from the newly-difco'vered IJlands 

 in the South Seas 



137^ A fiddle-fhaped patapatoo, and a water-fcoop, both Angularly carved, 3 wooden 

 inftruments ufed in making cloth, and a curious wooden box, all from iV.-w 

 Zealand 



;i 376 Three l-arge and various fmall fpecimens of cloth, made of the bark of the cloth. 



tree, fome of them curioufly fl:ained in a variety of figures, from Otaheite, 



O-why-hee ! and other South Sea I/lands 

 1377 Two large pieces of fine bark cloth, from the Society Tjles 



1 3k3 Various fpecimens of the inner b irk of the Lagctto Tree, (fimilar to the bark of 

 the Cloth Tree of the South Sea Ijlands) j fome of the bark of the American 

 birch tree, ufcd as paper, fome white filky flax from NewZrala>,d, Sec. 



1379 Acurious helmet-fliaped cap, and 2 cloaks made of beautiful feathers, from 



O-wly hee ! 



1 380 Three curious boxes made of birch bark, one covered with lilk, and embroidered 



with tin, from Lapland, and 2 made by the Nuns at iQjiehcc^ and embroidered 

 with porcupines quills dyed of various colours, one icprcfeuting a landfcapc 

 with birds, flowers, &c. 



•J 38 1 A Icarher purfe, embroidered with tin, a fpoon made of a rein deer's horn, and 

 a wicker box formed of young juniper roots, &c. all from Lapland; a wooden 

 fpoon with a matted cafe from Madagafcnr \ a box made of a calabafli, Angu- 

 larly carved, from South America ; a poem in the Malayan character, written 

 on palm leaves, and various other curiolitics 



1 382 A wampum belt, from Tsorth America^ and a Venus mercenaria, L. or wampum 

 clam, of which kind nfjljcll the heads in the belt are made 



■J 383 Two wampum belts ol thc Indians in tiorih Anierici, and an European Wam- 

 pum given in exchange for their wampum when any treaty is made with 

 thofe people; fome lead'cn wampum, fuppofed to come from the Ifland J/c- 

 duni^ near Java, and 3 other Indian curiolitics 



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