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MISCELLANEOUS 
[ethnographical 
jR.iV. 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. Navigator Islands. —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; 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; 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 hy HER MAJESTY. Two leaf-shaped combs, one jrre- 
sented hy Capt. Sir E. Belcher, 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 hy 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 
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 hy HER MAJESTY. 
Fishing basket for catching the marine worm, palola viridis (Gray), 
which appears only on one day annually, from the Navigators’ Islands. 
Presented hy the Rev. T. B. Stair. Sampler of a girl, twelve years of 
age, native of Apia, Island of Upolu, Navigators’ Group. Presented 
hy Captain Sir Everard Home, Bart. R.N. 
Cases 68, 69. New Zealand. — Shelf 1. Various clubs; divini¬ 
ties; and warlike and other instruments. 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 hy Capt, Sir E. Homey 
R.N. Shelf 2. Sundry w’oven articles; belts; fishing nets; hooks; 
cordage; articles of ornament; combs; necklaces; carvings on wood 
and bone; pipes; and other musical wind instruments; w^arlike in¬ 
struments ; conchs used in w^ar; 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 
scoops. Presented hy Mr. Chapman. Various w^ooden boxes orna¬ 
mented with native carvings; and various specimens of matting and 
