articles. 
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, , f „ v,- .V, ic attached a spear-head in the manner of a 
siltais 
ggf £ Mask S’ncfng made of hair and tortoiseshell. Presented 
Kof of Dar’ni%^d ; 
i* Wom Pninpa S coast: five arrows, wooden points; hatchet, o. 
coaTt of New Guinea; scoop and collar, supposed to he for extracting 
the pith of the sago-palm tree, found in a hut in New Guinea ; wooden 
club P or sword. The above articles were procured during ; the expe - 
•ion of H M. Ship Flv, and presented by Captain Ince, R.N., . 
tion ot M. I r apparently from New Guinea. 
PreZfedX M^HM Necklace of’slSls and teeth of peccary ; 
another of tortoise and other shells; four necklaces o > re * ^ 
and shells; two bands; two head ornaments and .a brace ^ f. h J 
and tortoise shell; plume of feathers of lord of P “™!^’ ^ d ° 
shades for the head, worn by natives ; bag made of plaited co d 
and decorated with a fringe of lobster and other shells. All fomth. 
vmrth east coast of New Guinea, and presented by bir b. JJelcner, 
R N and R Brinsley Hinds, R.N. Shield, similar to those used 
in the’ Isle of Guebe in the E. Archipelago ; mat from the island oi 
Ternati • similar mat painted, from one of the islands ; kareen crossbow ; 
.to q u r’ers of bamboS, containing wooden bolts or arrows or the cross- 
bow; one set are tipped and poisoned, the other plam ; f m Ten- 
naserim • one of the arrows shot by a native of Andaman s Island at the 
late Dr.’ Heifer, when he was killed; a kind of fiagcolet. resemb mg 
those of the Chinese; inlaid box or basket, one like it in the R.N. 
Society’s Museum is said to come from the Pelew Islands ; three flutes, 
from Siam. All presented by Dr. J. D. C. Packman . 
EDWARD HAWKINS. 
May 8, 1848. 
