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chiefly tripods. Middle Shelves, terracotta figures, probably household 
gods. Lower Shelf, pottery from Nicaragua, collected by F. Boyle, 
esq., and J. G. Jebb, esq. Case 35. Upper Shelf, a large vase from 
Sacrificios, restored and painted. Middle Shelf, large terracotta 
vases. Lower Shelf, sepulchral vases from Nicaragua. Cases 36, 
37, terracotta vases, chiefly from Sacrificios, collected by Captain 
Evan Nepean. 
Cases 38-40. Ancient Peru, etc. — Upper Shelves, black pottery, 
chiefly from Arica. Middle Shelves, painted pottery from various 
parts of Peru. Lower Shelves, pottery and stone implements from 
tombs at Chiriqui, New Granada. 
Cases 41-44. South America. — Upper Shelf, bows and arrows, 
and baskets from the Amazons and Guiana. Middle Shelf, various 
objects from Para, war-axes from the Rio Tocantins, feather ornaments 
from the Amazons; clubs, feather head dresses, pottery, etc., from 
Guiana. Lower Shelf (Cases 41, 42), ancient pottery and terracotta 
figures from New Granada and Ecuador; (Cases 43, 44), bows and 
arrows, dresses, and other objects from Patagonia and Tierra del 
Fuego. 
Cases 45-48. New Zealand. — Upper Shelf, kite, spears, chiefs' 
staves (Jiani), and carvings in wood. Middle Shelf, series of war- 
clubs {meri) in stone, wood, and bone ; adzes and chisels of jade and 
other stones ; breast ornaments (tikis) of jade and human bone ; fish- 
hooks, nose-flutes, and a number of historical relics of the New Zea- 
landers ; the latter collected and presented by Sir George Grey, K.C.B. 
Lower Shelf, carved wooden boxes used by the New Zealand chiefs to 
keep feather ornaments, model of canoe, and cloaks of chiefs. 
Cases 49, 50. Samoa and Tonga Islands. — Upper Shelf, baskets 
of various kinds. Middle Shelf, combs, pillows, clubs, fish-hooks, and 
personal ornaments. Lower Shelf, dresses, model of canoe, &c. 
Cases 51-61. Polynesia. — Cases 51, 52. Upper Shelf, elaborately- 
carved paddles from High Island, and head-dresses. Middle Shelf, 
stone adzes in carved wooden handles, from Mangaia, fish-hooks, and 
shell trumpets. Lower Shelf, dresses and mats. Cases 53, 54. 
Upper Shelf, gorget from Tahiti, stone pounders for breadfruit. 
Middle Shelf, axes of stone, set in wooden handles, idols, etc. Lower 
Shelf, specimens of cloth (tapa) made from the inner bark of the 
Broussonetia papyrifera and other trees. Cases 55-57. Feather 
dresses and idols from the Sandwich Islands ; dress of a mourner 
from Tahiti; suit of armour, made of cocoa-nut fibre, from the Kings- 
mill Islands. Cases 58, 59. Upper Shelf, idols and vessels of wood 
from the Sandwich Islands. Middle Shelf, dancing buskins, stones 
for a game (maka), and ornaments; chiefly from the Sandwich Islands. 
Lower Shelf, tapa cloth, and beaters used in making it. Cases 60, 61. 
Fans from the Marquesas, and weapons, set with sharks' teeth, from 
the Kingsmill Islands. Middle Shelf, ornaments from the Marquesas ; 
inlaid objects from the Pelew Islands ; wooden figures and obsidian 
tools from Easter Island. Lower Shelf, mats and dresses. 
Cases 62-71. Melanesia. — Upper Shelf, bows and arrows from 
