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DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY. 
APPLETON STURGIS, Esq., New York City. 
Two-handed sword, made of blade of the Saw Fish, painted on 
one side in different colors and in fantastic pattern, from New 
Guinea. 
Two-handed Club (wood) ; teeth on one side, hook at end on other 
side. Samoa Islands. 
Curiously carved club, open work on both sides, from Samoa Islands. 
Club, finely carved, from Samoa Islands. 
Club, unusual shape, rope handle attached, from New Guinea. 
Bird's-head club, from New Caledonia. 
Wooden fetich, representing human head, with long upright ears, body 
charred in places, amulet of shell attached to lower end, from 
New Guinea. 
Wooden fetich in shape of paddle, carved on both sides in relief with 
representations of grotesque human figures, from New Ireland. 
Shield, carved in relief with representation of human figure, deco- 
rated with braids of human hair, feathers and straw work, from 
New Guinea. 
Mat, four feet long, one foot wide, woven from grass and profusely 
decorated with tufts of human hair' and feathers of different 
birds, supposed to have been hung up inside the house as an or- 
nament and token of prowess of the chief, the tufts of hair repre- 
senting each an enemy killed in battle ; from New Guinea. 
Mat, similar to above, but smaller, decorated with red and white 
feathers, from New Guinea. 
Mat, similar to the above, larger and decorated with different feathers ; 
from New Guinea. 
Representation of a human head, carved from a cocoanut, crowned 
with feathers and set in a straw cap or hood ; a fetich, from New 
Guinea. 
Pillow, or head rest, elaborately carved, the legs attached and not cut 
from the same piece of wood, as usual, from New Zealand. 
Mask, made from the front of a human skull, the frontal bone and the 
upper and lower jaw being fastened together and cemented with 
red clay, the whole ornamented with a fringe of sponge ; a stick 
fastened on the inside by which the mask was held between the 
teeth of the wearer in their dances and religious ceremonies ; 
from New Britain Islands. 
Mask, similar to above, from New Britain Islands. 
Large Bag, made from coir rope, from New Guinea. 
Lime bottle, with ivory spoon, from New Guinea. 
Woman's head dress, with heavy seed pendants falling on each side of 
the ears, from New Guinea. 
Stone Axe, or hammer, fastened to a handle with " blackboy gum," 
Australia. 
Carved boomerang, Australia. 
" similar to above, Australia. 
Boomerang, plain, Australia. 
Pottery jar, from Fiji Islands. 
A large amount of material, from the Villard Expedition in Peru, 
South America. 
A collection of Archaeological material, from near Casas Grandes, Chi- 
huahua. A collection of Ethnological material, relating to the Tara- 
humare Indians, Chihuahua, Mexico. Carl Lumholtz Expedition. 
