12 MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES. [[UPPER FLOOR. 
the centre are bows and arrows from Euramengo or 
Erromango, and Navigators’ Islands, and loops used in 
projecting spears from Navigators’ Islands; beneath these 
are plumes of feathers and combs from the same lo¬ 
cality ; the leaf-shaped comb, and its companion, are 
from N. Hebrides, and the bamboo comb, for the back 
hair, from New Caledonia. The specimen of chiefs’ 
hair, showing the mode in which it is worn by the natives, 
is from Navigators’ Islands. Two fly-flaps, or fans of 
fibres, one stained black, from the same place, and a 
wood-smoother, or plane, and two fans, composed of 
fibres, one uncoloured, the other stained black, also from 
Navigators’ Islands. A hatchet, with a celt-shaped blade, 
made from a piece of green jade, or nephrite, with a tobac¬ 
co-pipe of wood from New Caledonia. In the lower di¬ 
vision are two fishing lines and hooks, with artificial 
baits, from Navigators’ Islands ; a net, with broken shells 
instead of leads to sink it, and small bundles of the bark 
of a tree for floats, from New Caledonia. A wooden idol, 
the household god of a chief’s family, from Navigators’ 
Islands ; and a jar, or vase of red earthenware, from 
Fidjee, or Feeje Island. At the sides of the Case are 
two clubs, one ornamented with a kind of native fringe 
of a red colour round the handle, and one spindle-shaped, 
from Tanna Island. 
Over the Cases 11 to 14. Various missile weapons 
from different parts of the west coast of North America 
and the islands of the South Sea; harpoons, javelins, 
spears; a wooden shield, also various calabashes, some 
inclosed in wickerwork. 
Over the Cases 18 to 20. Bows, arrows, quivers, 
drums, &c. 
Round the door opposite the Entrance. Vari¬ 
ous sorts of plain and carved clubs, maces, &c. 
Over Case 21. A large Cava bowl; wooden pillows. 
Over Case 23. A canoe composed of many pieces 
of wood sewed together, from Queen Charlotte’s Island; 
various kinds of paddles, &c. 
Over the Cases 25 and 26. A large wooden drum 
with lateral opening, made of the trunk of a tree; a wooden 
box, &c. 
