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small hatchet, with a bone blade ; another with a blade of green jade ; 
and two others with blades of shell; two clubs; tatooing rostra- 
merits ; knitting needle ; bone instrument ; six Pandsean pipes ; idol 
of whalebone or ivory ; idol, attached to a kind of cowrie shell ; piece of 
stick, with four cowries. Shelf 3. Casting net ; landing net, for large 
fish ; two wooden head-rests or pillows ; strip of the paper mulberry 
prepared, for making cloth. Presented by Sir Everard Home Bart, 
R.N. Two girdles, one for dancing, of cocoa nut fibre, birds tails, 
&c. • six open net girdles of cocoa nut fibre, one of a dun colour ; spe- 
cimen of paper mulberry, fawn colour; three specimens of cloth oi 
paper mulberry, with patterns in maroon, black and white colour; stick 
from the same. From the Friendly Islands. 
Cases 66, 67. Shelf 1. A short club with conical and pointed 
head, from Tonga Island; two others with head in shape of hawks’ 
bills, from the Isle of Pines; another club from one of the islands; 
two clubs, one ornamented with a. kind of native fringe round the 
handle, and one spindle-shaped, from Tanna; various other clubs frona 
the same islands; bows and arrows from Euramengo, or Erramango, and 
Navigators’ Islands. Shelf 2. Tortoise shell bonnet, in imitation of an 
European, made of thin plates of shell sewed together, and trimmed 
with part of a cotton stuff; comb with four teeth ; above a band ; two 
combs similar; two fly -flaps ; two feather ornaments; two hemp 
brushes or fly-flaps, one coloured black, the other white ; net, with 
bark for floats, and shell for leads ; fishing line ; two- fishing-lines 
and hooks ; tobacco pipe ; wooden smoother or rasp, with shark 
skin, from Navigators’ Islands : bamboo comb ; New Caledonia. 
Presented by HER MAJESTY '. Two leaf-shaped combs, one 
presented by Capt. Belcher y R.N. Two spear loops; hatchet, blade 
of green jade, ( nephrite ,) from New Caledonia; bunch of chiefs hair, 
from the Island of Tanna. All the above objects presented by HER 
MAJESTY . Another bunch of hair, from Tanna. Presented by 
J. Sennet , Esq. Shelf 3. A wooden image, household god of a chief; 
four pieces of cloth of the paper mulberry, stained of a maroon colour, 
used by females to encircle their waists ; four pieces of cloth of the 
paper mulberry, coloured white and fawn colour, with patterns of crosses, 
stars, &c. ; two female girdles, made of the paper mulberry, coloured 
white and black, their only clothing in Navigators’ Islands; two pieces 
of matting, fine; shaggy hemp mat; three pieces of matting for sleeping 
on, Navigators’ Islands ; four pieces of line of cocoa nut fibre; piece of 
matting trimmed ; mantle of a chief, made of a mat ; New Caledonia* 
Presented by HER MAJESTY. 
Cases 68, 69. Shelf 1. Various clubs; divinities;; and warlike 
and other instruments ; from New Zealand. Spear, one end flat and 
like the blade of an oar, for striking, the point carved to represent the 
head of a man, the tongue projecting. Presented by Capt . Sir E. Home , 
R.N. Shelf 2. Sundry woven articles; belts; fishing nets; hooks; 
cordage; articles of ornament; combs; necklaces; carvings on wood 
and bone ; pipes ; and other musical wind instruments ; warlike in- 
struments ; conchs used in war ; saws made of sharks’ teeth, for dis- 
secting bodies of slain enemies ; two human hands, parts of the body 
of a slain enemy ; tools of various kinds, with iron or stone blades ; 
from New Zealand. Shelf 3. Model of a canoe, with mat sail, boat 
