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pattern ; another of cocoa-nut fibres and shell, inlaid with tortoise-shell* 
four baskets, bags, or reticules of cocoa-nut fibres and tortoise-shell 
two cylindrical baskets of the same ; one globular basket of the same ; 
oval basket, with vandyked patterns, of the same ; globular basket, with- 
out shells ; basket of coarse construction, with a cover ; three baskets of 
rushes ; two head shades ; ball of cocoa-nut rope. Shelf 2. Four coils 
of rope of cocoa-nut fibre ; eight hanks of rope of cocoa-nut fibre ; 
three models of canoes, with outriders, like Malay proas, one pre- 
sented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher, R.N ; thirty-six various hooks in 
imitation of artificial fish, made of mother-of-pearl and feathers ; two 
stones with cyprea or cowrie shells, to sink a net; safe, consisting 
of a plate with pendant pieces of wood and hooks for attaching food 
baskets, and with figures painted on it ; two rasps made of shark’s skin ; 
small hatchet, with a bone blade ; another with a blade of green jade ; 
and two others with blades of shell; two clubs; tatooing instrul 
ments ; knitting needle ; bone instrument ; six Pandman 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 of 
paper mulberry, with patterns in maroon, black and white colour; stick 
from the same. From the Friendly Islands. 
Cases 66, 67. Shelf I. 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 from 
the same islands; bows and arrows from Euramengo, or Erramango, and 
Navigators’ Islands. Shelf 2. Tortoise-shell bonnet, in imitation of an 
European one, 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 ; tw 7 o fly-flaps j 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 pre- 
sented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher , R.N. Two spear loops ; hatchet, blade 
of green jade, ( nephrite ,) from New Caledonia; bunch of chief’s hair, 
from the Island of Tanna. All the above objects presented by HER 
MAJESTY. Another bunch of hair, from Tanna. Presented by 
J. Bennet , 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, the only clothing of the natives in Navigators’ Islands; 
two pieces of matting, fine; shaggy hemp mat; three pieces of matting 
