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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, &c. Shelf 3. Cloth made of the paper mul¬ 
berry. 
Cases 60, 61. Tahiti. —Shelf 1. Fishing nets, spears. &c. Shelf 2. 
Hatchets, fishing hooks, wooden pillows, tools. Shelf 3. Drums, 
calabashes, nose flutes, bread fruit, and wooden boat scoop. 
Cases 62, 63. Friendly Islands. —Shelf 1. Baskets, wooden 
dishes. Shelf 2. Combs, bracelets, necklaces, nose flute. Shelf 3. 
Wooden idols from various parts of Polynesia. 
Cases 64, 65. Friendly Islands. —Shelf 1. Basket of cocoa-nut 
fibre, chequer pattern; another of cocoa-nut fibres and shell, inlaid with 
tortoise-shell; four baskets or bags 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, R.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 w r ood 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 with a blade.of green jade; 
and two others with blades of shell; two 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 , Bart ., 
JR.JV. 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. Navigator Islands. —Shelf 1. A short club 
with conical and pointed head, from Tonga Island; tv T o others with 
head in shape of haw'ks’ bills, from the Isle of Pines ; two clubs 
