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preparation, for making mats, articles of dress, 
&c.; a garment made of this bark by the natives 
of Banks’s Island. 
Case 14. Specimens of sculpture ; imitations 
of the human form ; masks, &c. 
Cases 1 5 and 16. Otaheite winter and sum¬ 
mer cloths, made of the bark of the paper mul¬ 
berry ( Broussonetia ), and variously dyed.—A 
mourning dress; a breast-plate made of fea¬ 
thers, &c. used in war. 
Case 17. Coarse mats for sails, &c. Basket- 
work and cordage.—Ornamental mats made of a 
kind of dag; a dancing apron, &c. from Otaheite. 
Case 18. Fishing implements. Various uten¬ 
sils made of a basaltic stone ; rasps made of 
shagreen ; wooden pillows; adzes of a kind of 
jade called axe-stone, &c.—Ornamental carv¬ 
ings; cloth beater; plaited hair; tatooing in¬ 
struments ; a planting spade made of a fragment 
of a shield; nose flutes; a bread fruit.—Various 
stone adzes, hatchets, &c. 
Cases 19 and 20. Large cloaks; aprons; 
helmets; hats ; distorted human figures, &c., 
made of feathers.—From the Sandwich Islands. 
Case 21. Various specimens of mats and 
cloths; gorgets made of red seeds, &c.—Cord¬ 
age ; slings ; cloth beaters ; hair for ornamental 
head-dresses.—Fishing-hooks made of bones and 
shells; saws made of sharks’ teeth ; and other 
tools.—From the Sandwich Islands. 
Case 
