278 MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES. [ETHNOGRAPHICAL ROOM. 
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; two fly-flaps; two feather ornaments; two 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 
and hooks ; tobacco pipe ; wooden smoother or rasp, with shark 
skin, from Navigators’ Islands : bamboo comb ; New Caledonia. 
Presented by HER MAJESTY. Two leaf-shaped combs, one pre - 
sented by Capt. Sir E. Eelcher, R.N. Two spear loops ; hatchet, blade 
of green jade {nephrite), from New Caledonia; bunch of chiefs hair, 
from the Island of Tanna. All the above objects presented by HER 
MAJESTY. Another bunch of hair, from Tanna. Presented by 
J. Bennet , 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, twelve years of 
age, native of Apia, Island of Upolu, Navigators’ Group. Presented 
by Captain Sir Everard Home , Bart. R. N. 
Cases 68, 69. New Zealand. — Shelf 1. Various clubs; divini¬ 
ties; and warlike and other instruments. 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 w T ar; saws made of sharks’ teeth, for dis¬ 
secting bodies of slain enemies; two human hands, parts of thd 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 wooden boxes orna¬ 
mented with native carvings; and various specimens of matting and 
cordage, mostly made of the New Zealand hemp (Phormium Tenax). 
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. Australia. — Shelf 2. Shield ; hielieman or shield, 
from Port Philip. Presented by the Rev. Aug . Strong. Hielieman 
