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of green jade, ( nephrite ,) from New Caledonia; bunch of chief’s hair, 
from the Island of Tanna. All the above objects presented by HER 
MAJESTY. Another bunch of hair, from Tanna. Presented by 
J. Eennet, Esq. Shelf 3. A wooden image, household god of a chief; 
four pieces of cloth of the paper mulberry, stained of a maroon colour, 
used by females to encircle their waists; four pieces of cloth of the 
paper mulberry, coloured white and fawn colour, with patterns of crosses, 
stars, &c. ; two female girdles, made of the paper mulberry, coloured 
white and black, the only clothing of the natives in Navigators’ Islands; 
two pieces of matting, fine; shaggy hemp mat; three pieces of matting 
for sleeping on, Navigators’ Islands; four pieces of line of cocoa-nut 
fibre; piece of matting trimmed; mantle of a chief, made of a mat; 
New Caledonia. Presented by HER MAJESTY. 
Fishing basket for catching the marine worm, palola viridis (Gray), 
which appears only on one day annually, from the Navigators’ Islands. 
Presented by the Rev. T. B. Stair. Sampler of a girl, 12 years of 
age, native of Apia Island of Upolu, Navigators’ Group. Presented 
by Captain Sir Everard Home, Bart. R. N. 
Cases 68, 69. Shelf 1. Various clubs; divinities; and warlike 
and other instruments; from New Zealand. Spear, one end flat and 
like the blade of an oar, for striking, the point carved to represent the 
head of a man, the tongue projecting; Presented by Capt . Sir E. Home, 
R.N. Shelf 2. Sundry woven articles; belts; fishing nets; hooks; 
cordage; articles of ornament; combs; necklaces; carvings on wood 
and bone; pipes; and other musical wind instruments; warlike in¬ 
struments ; conchs used in war; saws made of sharks’ teeth, for dis¬ 
secting bodies of slain enemies; two human hands, parts of the body 
of a slain enemy; tools of various kinds, with iron or stone blades ; 
from New Zealand. Shelf 3. Model of a canoe, with mat sail, boat 
scoops. Presented by Mr. Chapman. Various w T ooden boxes orna¬ 
mented wdth native carvings; and various specimens of matting and 
cordage, mostly made of the New Zealand hemp (Phormium Tenax). 
From New Zealand. Coat of Eh Puni, a chief of the Pa of Ki Warra, 
entirely made of native flax. Wellington, New Zealand. 
Above this Case is the prow of the canoe of the celebrated New 
Zealand chief, Heki. Presented by Captain Sir Everard Home, 
Bart. R.N. 
Cases 70, 71. Shelf 2. Shield from Australia; hielieman or shield, 
from Port Philip. Presented by the Rev. Aug. Strong. Hielieman 
or shield used by the natives of the interior. Presented by Sir T. 
Mitchell. Two hieliemans or shields, from the Swan River, one pre¬ 
sented by J. Neil Talbot, Esq. Three womerahs from Port Philip. 
Presented by the Rev. Augustus Strong. Three w ? omerahs, or sticks 
for throwing spears; the pointed part is put to the end of the spear to 
aid in the hurling. Presented by J. Neil Talbot, Esq., and Capt. J. 
Ince , R.N. Womerah or throwing stick, painted red, from Port Es- 
sington. Presented by Capt. J. Ince , R.N. Womerahs of different shapes 
from Cape York, Presented by Capt. J. Ince, R.N. Another from the 
N. E. coast. Presented by J. B. Jukes, Esq. And another from the 
same locality ; throwing sticks procured during one of the early voyages, 
from Australia; bomerangs, or fowling sticks, which, if they do not hit 
the object, return to the thrower; one from Port Philip. Presented by 
