ON JADE AND KINDRED STONES. 
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EXPLANATION OF PLATE VIII. 
. 1. Ancient Mexican Mask in Jadeite, probably an example of the 
Chalchihuitl, now in the Museum of Practical Geology. Natural 
size. 
2. A Joo-ee, or Chinese wand of authority, carved in Oriental jade. 
3. Mere, or patoo-patoo, carved by the Maories of New Zealand in jade, 
known as punamu. 
4. Mere in punamu, curiously ornamented, belonging to a Maori 
chieftain, Te Heuheu. 
5. Hei-tiki, or Maori amulet, worn upon the breast ; carved in jade or 
punamu. Half size, linear. 
6 & 7. A jade celt, or ceraunia, with Gnostio inscription in Greek cha- 
racters upon the two faoes ; found in Egypt, and now in the Christy 
Collection of the British Museum. 
