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mies; 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. Liku, or petticoat 
worn by the women of the Fejees. Presented by R. Brinsley Hinds, 
Esq., R.JV., 1842. Four stones for grinding corn, from Australia. 
Presented by Captain G. Grey, Governor of South Australia, 1840. 
A New Zealand kite. Presented by Mr. Read, 1843. 
Specimens of native cloth, some used by females as girdles to encircle 
the waist, their only clothing 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 sleeping mats of rushes plaited to various de¬ 
grees of fineness, from the islands of New Caledonia, Navigators’ 
Islands, &c. 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 hawks’ bills, from the Isle of Pines. At the side 
of the Case is another club. In 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 locality; the leaf-shaped comb, 
and its companion, are from New 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 tobacco-pipe of wood from New Caledonia. 
In the lower division 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 the 
Feejee Islands. Two clubs, one ornamented with a kind of native 
fringe of a red colour round the handle, and one spindle-shaped, from 
Tanna Island. A woman’s bonnet, formed of tortoise-shell, from Na¬ 
vigators’ Islands; 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. Presented 
by HER MAJESTY, 1841. 
Various specimens of native cloth from the South Seas. 
Cases 73, 74. Shelf 1. Bows and arrows; two short bamboo pipes, 
used for swallowing tobacco smoke; three cocoa nut water bottles; 
all from Erroob or Darnley Island, and presented by Captain Ince, 
R.N., J. B. Jukes , Esq., R. N., Mr. Bell, R. N. Shelf 2. 
Petticoats of plantain leaves, called by the natives caba-ness oor; 
those of broader strips worn by married women, the narrower by 
girls; curious mask made of tortoise shell and hair used in dancing; 
man’s wig; two combs; all from Erroob or the Darnley Island. 
Presented by the Earl of Derby and J. B. Jukes, Esq., R.N. 
Five necklaces of the Elenchus purpuratus shell, from Flinders’ 
Island, Bass’s Strait. Presented by Lord Stanley. Shelf 3. Various 
