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Case 25. Various specimens of matting and cordage, 
mostly made of the New Zealand hemp (Phormium tenax). 
Sundry woven articles; belts, &c. Fishing-nets ; hooks, 
cordage, &c. From New Zealand, 
Case 26. Articles of ornament; combs ; necklaces, 
&c. Specimens of carving in wood and bone ; pipes, and 
other musical wind instruments. Warlike instruments ; 
conchs used in war ; clubs; saws made of sharks’ teeth 
for dissecting the bodies of slain enemies ; two human 
hands, being parts of the body of a slain enemy. Tools of 
various kinds, &c. Various wooden boxes ornamented 
with carvings. Boat scoops, &c. From New Zealand. 
In Case 26 also is a woman’s bonnet, formed of tortoise¬ 
shell, from Navigators’ Islands. It is composed of thin 
laminae or plates of the shell, drilled and perforated, and 
then sewed or tied together. The back of this article 
has been decorated with portions of printed cotton. It 
was presented , in 1841, by her Majesty, together with the 
contents of Cases 33 and 34. 
♦ 
Cases 33 and 34 contain 
Objects from the South Sea Islands, presented by 
HER MAJESTY, 1841. 
Case 33. 
Contains specimens of native cloth, some used by 
females as girdles to incircle the waist, their only cloth¬ 
ing in these Islands, of a maroon colour, or else cream 
white, with a pattern rudely delineated, representing 
crosses, stars, &c. Besides these are a shaggy white 
mat used for the same purpose made of fibre, and sleep¬ 
ing mats of rushes plaited to various degrees of fineness, 
from the islands of New Caledonia, Navigators’ Islands, 
&c. At the top of the Case are various spears from New 
Caledonia, the Isle of Pines, &c. 
Case 34. 
The upper part of this Case contains a short club, with 
conical and pointed head, from Tonga Island, and two 
others with heads in the shape of haw 7 ks’ bills, from the Isle 
of Pines. At the side of the Case is another club. In 
