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kind, of wood; four helmets, imitating in shape those of the Greeks and 
Romans, made of the same red, black, and yellow feathers; collar of the 
same; two collars of several eyes tied together. Shelf 2. Elegant 
cloak of red and yellow feathers; three collars or tippets of the same 
pattern and colour; another cloak of red and yellow, and with feathers; 
three tippets of similar feathers; tippet, smaller, of black and yellow 
feathers; three feather ornaments; five collars of similar ornaments; 
two bundles of similar feather ornaments; two muffs or breast-plates of 
the same; four fly-flaps of red feathers and cocoa-nut; the bird cer- 
thia vestiaria, of whose feathers these ornaments are made. The above 
objects are from the Sandwich Islands. 
Case 57. War-dress made of feathers, mother-of-pearl, cocoa-nut 
fibre, and mulberry cloth ; from Tahiti. 
Cases 58—63. Miscellaneous unarranged objects. 
Cases 64, 65. Shelf 1. Square basket of cocoa-nut fibre, chequer 
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, B..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 pendent 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 w 7 ith a blade of green jade; 
and two others with blades of shell; tw 7 o clubs; tatooing instru¬ 
ments ; knitting needle; bone instrument; six Pandsean 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 , Bari., 
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 1. A short club with conical and pointed 
head, from Tonga Island; tw 7 o others with head in shape of haw r ks’ 
bills, from the Isle of Pines; another club from one of the islands; 
tw 7 o 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 r o fly-flaps; two feather ornaments; tw r o 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 
