86 FIG. 19 (above): Paddle club. Fiji. Wood. L: 98.5 cm. Cuming Museum, C3193. FIG. 21 (right): Octopus lure. Tahiti. Before 1824. Wood, cowry shell, sennit, stone. L: 33 cm. Cuming Museum, C3298. Collected between 1821 and 1824 by George Bennet, who was sent to the Pacifi c by the London Missionary Society. FIG. 17 (above): Tattooing tool. Tahiti. Probably before 1825. Wood, fi ber. L: 14 cm. Cuming Museum, C2570. From the collection of Samuel Parkes. This was almost certainly Samuel Parkes, the chemist, numismatist, and collector (1761– 1825). FIG. 20 (above): Club. Tonga. Probably before 1778. Wood. L: 88.5 cm. Cuming Museum, C3189. According to Henry Syer Cuming’s catalog, this club was “brought to England by Cap. Cook.” FIG. 22 (above): Nose fl ute, nguru. Maori, New Zealand. Probably 18th century. Gourd, shell. L: 9.5 cm. Cuming Museum, C4733. Possibly from the Peter Dick Collection, then from the museum of Thomas Everill of Lambeth, which upon his death was dispersed at auction in 1841. Richard Cuming purchased twenty-six objects at this auction. FIG. 18 (above): “Tabooing” wand. Hawaii. Probably before 1778. Wood, feathers, fi ber. L: 48 cm. Cuming Museum, C3505. Collected on Cook’s second voyage and formerly in the Leverian Museum collection. FIG. 23 (right): Nose fl ute, nguru. Maori, New Zealand. C. 1800. Sperm whale tooth. L: 9.8 cm. Cuming Museum, C4734. FIG. 16 (left): Container, possibly for holding tattooing implements. Samoa. Wood, fi ber, beads. H: 18 cm. Cuming Museum, C03156. Image courtesy of D. King. ART on view
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