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Cases 51,52. Polynesia. —Shelf 1. Six carved paddles, from the 
Livavai, or Hi Island; boat scoop of similar construction, for baling 
water out of a canoe ; two shell trumpets, from Anaa, or Chain 
Island. Shelf 2. Six idols in the shape of the human form ; right hand 
and arm carved; three obsidian chisels; rope of human hair, from 
Easter Island; feather epaulet; judge’s cap of feathers; four feather 
earrings; plaited human hair, from Anaa, or the Chain Island; two 
caps of conical shape, with feathers externally; interior of feather cap ; 
chief’s fly flap, from the island of Toubonai; two hatchet heads, from 
Pitcairn Island; fish hook and line; bundle of fish hooks, from the 
Society’s Islands ; another bundle of fish hooks from Oparaa; shell 
necklaces, from Lord Mulgrave’s Island; necklaces. Shelf 3. Mat 
girdle of the king of Roatonga; three specimens of cloth, coloured 
black and white, of the paper mulberry from Roatonga; three female 
summer and three winter dresses, from Oparaa; entire dress of the 
queen of Whitsuntide Island; man’s dress made of fine mat, from 
Anaa, or the Chain Island ; five specimens of cloth, made of the paper 
mulberry tree, coloured maroon, yellow, and white; two others co¬ 
loured red; and two others coloured white; from Pitcairn Island; 
all the above objects presented by Hugh Cuming , Esq. Three bands 
of matting used as maros, and a stone club for bruising the nuts of the 
Pandanus; from Egmont Island. Presented by Captain Beesley, R.N. 
Cases 53, 54. Marquesas and Sandwich Islands. —Shelf 1. 
Various sun fans and specimens of basket work; bracelets, aprons, 
and other ornaments made of the thigh bones of a small bird; 
bracelets made^of boars’ tusks and tortoise-shell; various gorgets made 
of red reeds; necklace and other ornaments; coverings for the leg 
made of shells, reed, and teeth, used in dancing; round mirrors, made 
of a black slaty stone, wetted when used; quoits, weights, &c. 
Shelf 2. Fishing hooks, made of bone and shells; saws made of 
sharks’ teeth, and other tools; necklaces made of beads, shells, &c.; 
calabash. Shelf 3. Specimen of cloth, made of the paper mulberry 
( Broussonetia), used for winter and summer clothes. 
Cases 55, 56. Sandwich Islands. —Shelf 1. Three grotesque 
heads made of red feathers of the bird certhia vestiaria, shells, &c., 
worshipped as idols; smaller 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 orna¬ 
ments ; two muffs or breast-plates of the same; four fly-flaps of red 
feathers and cocoa-nut; the bird certhia vestiaria, of whose feathers 
these ornaments are made. 
Case 57. Tahiti. War-dress made of feathers, mother-of-pearl, 
cocoa-nut. fibre, and mulberry cloth. 
Cases 58, 59. Tahiti. —Shelf 1. Baskets. Shelf 2. Petticoats, 
tattooing implements, Sec. Shelf 3. Cloth made of the paper mul¬ 
berry. 
Cases 60, 61 . Tahiti.— Shelf 1. Fishing nets, spears, &c. Shelf 2. 
