MEMO IBS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
Plate XI. 
Pour ceremonial ‘ ‘ Hohaus ’ ’ — carved shield-like tablets. 
Used principally in the decoration of the “Eravos ” (club-houses), and 
are supposed to keep away evil spirits. All are made of comparatively soft 
wood and are burned into shape with hot stones and trimmed with tomahawks. 
The surface of the under side is quite plain, and has no ornamentation of any 
kind. The carving is picked out in red, white, and black. 
Fig. 1.— 3 ft. 6% in. X 9% in. Specimen No.: Q.M. E.13/223. 
Fig. 2. — 2 ft. 5 1 -. in. X 5% in. Specimen No.: Q.M. E. 13/224. 
Fig. 3. — 3 ft. 2 1 / 4 in. X 9% in. Specimen No.: Q.M. E. 13/221. 
Fig. 4. — Provided with nose-ring ; 2 ft. 11 in. X &V 2 in- Specimen No. : 
Q.M. E. 13/222. 
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