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Anaa, or the Chain Island ; five specimens of cloth, made of the paper 
mulberry tree, coloured maroon, yellow, and white; two others co¬ 
loured red; and two others coloured white; from Pitcairn Island; 
all the above objects presented by Hugh Cuming , Esq. Three bands 
of matting used as maros, and a stone club for bruising the nuts of the 
Pandanus; from Egmont Island. Presented by Captain Beesley , R.N 
Cases 53, 54. Various sun fans and specimens of basket work; 
wooden bowls, supported by grotesque figures; bracelets, aprons, and 
other ornaments made of the thigh bones of a small bird; bracelets 
made of boars’ tusks and tortoise shell; fishing implements; various 
utensils made of a basaltic stone; gorgets made of red reeds; necklace 
and other ornaments; coverings for the leg made of shells, reed, and 
teeth, used in dancing; round mirrors, made of a black slaty stone, 
wetted when used; quoits, weights, &c.; fishing hooks, made of bone 
and shells ; saws made of sharks’ teeth, and other tools; specimen of 
cloth, made of the paper mulberry ( Broussonetia), used for winter and 
summer clothes. From the Marquesas and Sandwich Isles. 
Cases 55, 56. Shelf 1. Three grotesque heads made of red fea¬ 
thers of the certhia vestiaria, shells, &c., worshipped as idols; smaller 
hind, 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; 
tw'o bundles of similar feather ornaments; two muffs or breast-plates of 
the same; four fly-flaps of red feathers and cocoa nut; the bird cer¬ 
thia vestiarii, of whose feathers these ornaments are made. The above 
objects are from the Sandwdch Islands. 
Case 57. War-dress made of feathers, mother-of-pearl, cocoa nut 
fibre, and mulberry cloth ; from Tahiti. 
Cases 58—63. Miscellaneous and unarranged objects. 
Cases 64, 65. Shelf 1. Square basket of cocoa nut fibre, chequer 
pattern; another of cocoa nut fibres and shell, inlaid with tortoise shell; 
four baskets, bags, or reticules of cocoa nut fibres and tortoise shell; 
two cylindrical baskets of the same ; one globular basket of the same ; 
oval basket, wfith vandyked patterns, of the same ; globular basket, with¬ 
out shells ; basket of coarse construction, with a cover; three baskets of 
rushes; tw T o 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 pendant pieces of w ? ood and hooks for attaching food 
baskets, and with figures painted on it; tw 7 o rasps made of shark’s skin; 
small hatchet, w 7 ith 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 Pandaean pipes; idol 
of whalebone or ivory; idol, attached to a kind of cow rie shell; piece of 
stick, with four cowries. Shelf 3. Casting net; landing net, for large 
