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fish ; two wooden head-rests or pillows; strip of the paper mulberry 
prepared, for making cloth. Presented by Sir Everard Home , Bart . 
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; specimen of 
paper mulberry, fawn colour; three specimens of cloth of paper mul¬ 
berry, with patterns in maroon, black and white colour; stick from the 
same. From the Friendly Isles. 
Cases 66, 67. Shelf 1. A short club with conical and pointed 
head, from Tonga Island; two others with head in shape of hawks’ 
bills, from the Isle of Pines; another club from one o^the islands; 
two clubs, 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, 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 
presented by Capt. Belcher, 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, their only clothing 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 M A JEST Y. 
Cases 68, 69. Shelf 1. Various clubs; divinities; and warlike 
and other instruments; from New Zealand. 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 instruments ; conchs used in war; 
saws made of sharks’ teeth, for dissecting 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; various 
wooden boxes ornamented with native carvings; and various speci¬ 
mens of matting and cordage, mostly made of the New Zealand hemp 
(Phormium Tenax). From New Zealand. 
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- 
