Description
Oceanic-Australian culture objects: 1 - 2) Tongan clubs; 3 - 4) Clubs from the Marquesas Islands; 5) Clam plate (Breast and forehead jewelry) from the Solomon Islands; 6) Lance with obsidian tip; 7) Lance from the Admiralty Islands; 8) Club from the Moresby Island; 9) Jadeite Ax (chief sign) from New Caledonia; 10) Carved combat shield from New Guinea; 11) Australian messenger staff with symbol font; 12) Dance jewelry Australian women; 13) Australian bullroarer; 14 - 15) Clubs from the Hervey Islands (Manuae); 16) Tobacco pipe from New Zealand; 17) Rudder (chief sign) from New Zealand; 18) Lance with obsidian tip from the Admiralty Islands; 19 - 21) Carved wooden spatula for paan (mixture of areca nut, betel leaf and lime paste), Dore, New Guinea; 22) Idol figure from the Easter Island. Wood engravings, published in 1897.