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MISCELLANEOUS 
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Cases 19 and 20. Large cloaks; aprons; helmets; hats; distorted 
human figures; &c., made of feathers. From the Sandwich Islands. 
Case 21. Various specimens of mats and cloths; gorgets made of 
red seeds, &c. Cordage; slings; cloth-beaters; hair for ornamental 
head-dresses. Fishing-hooks made of bones and shells; saws made of 
sharks’ teeth; and other tools. From the Sandwich Islands. 
Case 22. Articles of ornament; bracelets made of boars’ tusks, 
and of tortoise-shell; assortment of shells and seeds, &c. Necklaces, 
and other ornaments. Coverings for the legs, composed of shells, seeds, 
and teeth, used in dancing; round mirrors made of a black slaty stone, 
which is wetted when used ; quoits, weights, &c. From the Sandwich 
Islands. Small cloaks, a head-dress, and other ornaments made of 
feathers ; a specimen of the species of creeper ( Certhia vestiaria ) 
which supplies the red feathers. Fans; wooden bowls supported by 
grotesque figures for ornament. Mostly from the Marquesas. 
Case 23. Specimens of cloth, matting, and cordage. Basket- 
work, plain and ornamented; sun-screens,—ornamental basket-work ; 
various pouches; a dancing-dress made of the fibres of the bark of 
cocoa-nuts.—From the Friendly Islands. 
Case 24. Fishing implements, hooks, and various nets; models 
of canoes; adzes; tatooing instruments ; rasps, &e. Various articles 
of ornament; necklaces made of shells, seeds, &c.; combs; bracelets; 
kernels of a nut which, when burnt, yields a strong light. Aprons, 
and other ornaments, made of the thigh-bones of a small bird; nasal 
flutes ; fly-flaps, a shuttle, &c. Various Cava bowls of wood, curiously 
carved ; some earthen vessels, &c. From the Friendly Islands. 
Case 25. Various specimens of matting and cordage, mostly made 
of the New Zealand hemp ( Phormium tenax). Sundry woven articles; 
belts, &c. Fishing nets; hooks, cordage, &c. From New T Zealand. 
Case 26. Articles of ornament; combs, necklaces, &c. Speci¬ 
mens of carving in wood and bone ; pipes, and other musical wind 
instruments. Warlike instruments; conchs used in war; clubs; saws 
made of sharks’ teeth for dissecting the bodies of slain enemies; tw r o 
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 Feejees. iVlodel of a 
cradle, shewing the manner in which the Flat-head Indians compress 
their children’s sculls. Presented by JR. Brinsley Hinds, JR. N., 1842. 
Four stones for grinding corn, from Australia. Presented by Captain 
G. Grey, Governor of South Australia, 1840. 
In Case 26 is also a woman’s bonnet, formed of tortoise-shell, from 
Navigators’ Islands. It is 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. 
It was presented in 1841, by her Majesty, together with the contents of 
Cases 33 and 34. 
