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Show ! Tr J- : jj nUATIIKNCTBIOSITHS. 1 jl THE VALUABLE COLLECTION IN THE I )ft " NEW YOHK MUSEUM. I A K'tt ' t'l" I"''" ""'" WMulMNHf 8 . .( CereM War Clel". I""""! Mlr " , W ..J (.,.. -KI.mV.' Teelta WeeeM". Si IB-9 Tlieramleolttr.eeapirtlmeltierriot tt1'' H ' talilllllol!olilbcnrWlllM S ;, JK.D I la t1tDrr, frlctUu In tbl la rootalria K tmXlWL .pedmen. which ean tierer be lrplnvl, H MEi nirtoiwatallM American ol a KB riural IIUtorT t R"rntr eTili rrt !( aninalilri arrnue. It U lon 11 IM I ' M W SturgU Mlleetfon, awl wpneeul. nt oly X j H Wk anexpenlltareof tlioiiaiiriof dollar. In H M ' ten,unltiearlrliienlr-llrjearlM'arth SI ' si tu tlj Unltd Ktatee and ft qtiet ef more 1 IB S limn ttitrtr IM" prerlon. to IMIlM jg among tbe Wind, ot the Fouth ISiclSo 11 fRjc Cbnlalfleil In elxleen cae., evhB fret jBr-lt Hide, 10 feet blah awl 10 ferl lnn. ejleml OfflhB Inn.lnniMlieelitlre eatatile ot thetMril ' Hltwl fonreftuelmilillliit.areorerotuoarticlea, (HnS II icrrelerpartof them beautiful, ruba r. fHf ' IrM eo, but ill of them quaint and eiirkme SHiK end eealria; a particular loUmt lor jKlW rtf Itiaril people (kS.lr AnnumWr of lb., curloaltlee repre 9A atit an epoch In different honlhfVahl 'B W ail Ionic pammL Bueli epeeliiielie It U W Jf : ImnnHlblilntKrMilariluiluplltaU. "Mjl V. hlla terra U no eu,t to Ibo ol I noil In- " Jj "f It nation: rtirlwltlee In Ibo collection, (at iH I tlaltor Kill U nil bla attention illrrctxl tr- S tlctilarljr to tba ninaka rroin Jfew Ireland, 1 Mm Xew Oulnea an. Solomon Jilanila. Theae M' re lianl In former claja In rrllftloua 1 m danrea anil cerewionlae, and were ao m.ile S-. 1 4 Dial IHey roiiM I worn orrr tlia lieal. m The far, ara carreil from woimI, anl lilJa- 'm ou.ly ornamented with ml And nhlle ' paint Tba tipper part ronslita of nfntma 1 ' work ol pliabla wonil, ciiTrrMt rltlicr ntth I K nallra fponj.'oor with atnnrt tnala from M rnraannt fllr. Tba ym it mirrxnln . W lirimallBrftnantlwhltaprrlwlnklaaUlla. IJ' ttriposaorwkn. If From tbt SoUtmon, Kaw IIcbrMva and 'St Xew Ireland lalai.da la nlanrarollartlonot ft howa and arrowa,tha former aavrn or eUM and tM latter about (It fert lon Tba U) ( & arrnaanratlptml wltblnna or bant wood. H It" Nolronlafonnd In tba Wands and tba I J wood ti hanlebel I17 fire to irlvo It tba j R 3y priwrletreaof atrenxthanil realeuneo. I II II; TwAartnilarlyliitnraltbilaitbonlb1a w St rfax-lihana rma from New Unlnf a In tba I cv jm i form ofdagsvra madalrom tlia lona of 1 I ' B hnman Irs. Tba bunea araftboiit aaven j 9 Incbea lonir, tba auekau Ix-lnir uw ai I w Lamllra, whllatha otbarend la alinrj'eniit I n tonlaiint. Theao ttbaatlf eurloalfU wera 'X captorail bjrtba craw ot a wballng ablp S Inrinxanibtwllhlhanatltra of tba I.I w ital, ami tba ittlnamala by human blood lan rtadll; m dUcernwL H lfMvliutna ot fltia CArrtos ara Tery nn 1 m nHrouatbrlnt aaparjally uotleMbla In tba ; I CAwioteanoarwldtllea,warclulfan,itiaota I nrl aa baduta of offlcn un rarrinonlat i 1 boeaalona. Alany ara ornamrntol wltb f I mother of Itaatl r kbalona abelL Tlia In- i trtcata deafuna, reinarkalto for their reKU larltyand tlolab,ara tba multa ot yaara 1 ot alow and careful work, mock of tba carting haelnit bnen begun bya fatberand completed by hla aon after tlia death of tba i' former. Tbtra being no metal looi to tba : Ulanda In thoaa ilara,tbarArTliigliail all 1 to ba dona with plKfa ot aball or with J tharka teeth. t Two Una war rlut from tha Uland ot j I hauta Crux, In tba Bolomun gruup, ara i wotHlerful apeclmeiia of tha rarrcr'a akllL J ' Itwaa In lhalldnltyof tbla liland that tba great French narlgator, I A lvrotiap, waawrackad. In 1TO King Ionia Wl ot , Vranoa aent him to tha Kouth aeu on a vayaga ot dlworary. Ho Ibllnga bArlng Laen rerelrnlof tha expedition, tha ktog ' ' aant aeoontl axpellllou to tha Houth aeaa Wj'. ' IninLwithlnalrurtlona toaoarcbforlha Wl!!. lalatlngaiplorrr. Hut beyond tba fact ol JH j talned from aoma natlrea that acvrral Ufi . ' Knock ablpa wrra wmcknl nn tha litand H I of Sanu t'mi In i;aa, tbla bring reriltol MM i br tna finding of rellra from tha mlaalng Vftj i. ablpa, no tnrtbrr tldlnaa wera vrar heard Hpl ot tha great Fratitb liarlgator, ?', : OUXAtltXTt xu nmu, ?, ' ! Tlia collection of Jailo oruamenta and IxTO h wcapona Is flcclaly flnr. Ihraa coma mm f mora particularly from Xew Guinea and iR' tba early Maori aettlrinrnlalnXew Zen. Sf fi land, ffhlla many acluiena are proiluctaof WK MangalA, In tha llrrte group lleadaof K ; Jade, uietl for battla a lea and Ailira, ara mi , qulta numemtta, la-lng firmly faatetieil to Ai carTHl handlea by atrlpa uf tha floaat plait. tVf A 1 ed alnnet T be fluent aiwiclmena of orna. JBitT mtnted plaiting coma from MangMa, tba jHM ' alnnet Ulnglaldon a firmly and erriily IfHlf, and In anrh a variety of deetgna that tho Hii( work laara tha aptMNirance Of bating bre-n H dona by machinery. The handle ot the Btf. Implement la In many Imtaneea hollow, JU thanatlta workman hating coiitrlve,! to Hu rut away tha wood through tba intervala fWi between tha upright plllara. Tbatartlug ll waaall donowith n ebarpttona oraabark'a EK tooth Uthcd to a baudla. Jh New Zealand, New Irelaml and lboMai W quewu group. ha King. mill and l'-uter JH, lOanda L-onlttlaile M number of wooilcn UIi: Idola varylug In length from tmlre lnchr Bj'JB totbmafut,andniuchriaenbllng In da. SHiJll algntboae In lue by the Indiana of Alaiko. UrnVl Tha beaila ara laablonnl with either for- Men bidding or gntoMUa featurca. IXilV teeth )? ' are often act In tho mouth, while the eyca K;d '" Innda of mother ot pearl, In the rrnur jE of each bring act a black lad to repruent ' tie pupil. ' SeS TwoiultaofarmorfromSamoa.madeot 'mil roooanut fiber, are among tho turret and ( flncM aprclmena In tha collection. liick ' Ifw eol lammlaof Inoplereanndrurrteponde i, fm In form to a European coat nmt Mir ot m troiiMra. The plaiting ll done ao Hotly and 1WP cloMlytbat It wonll rtler etmug mill. lUBr. 1c w malern bullet at a twuonaVa aB ilutancr. 1 hvaa epoUmeni wera 1 ronf It tmm $9' '" xD,nckct bjawhallng hlp In 1J. 1 , 1 fnrh armor bal long leu out of data In JnK tuinoa. Notaalngleaultcun tafuuud In fl thel.lindatoday.-JohnC.Welu In Xew I Tx loikTHotlil. |