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adornment: anklet ?
adornment: armlet
adornment: beads
adornment: comb
adornment: implement
adornment: knife, snow(model)
adornment: necklace
adornment: pin
adornment: rei miro(breast ornament)
adornment?: braid
Adze
agricultural t&e: stick, digging
Anklet
Apa 'apai
armament, ethnographic: arrow
armament, ethnographic: axe
armament, ethnographic: blowpipe
armament, ethnographic: boomerang
armament, ethnographic: bow
armament, ethnographic: bow, spiralled
armament, ethnographic: chikuto(Japanese sword)
armament, ethnographic: club
armament, ethnographic: club(gun-stock type)
armament, ethnographic: club, sword
armament, ethnographic: club, war
armament, ethnographic: club, war(paddle shaped)
armament, ethnographic: dagger, shark's tooth
armament, ethnographic: dao
armament, ethnographic: javelin
armament, ethnographic: knife
armament, ethnographic: kukri, Gurkha
armament, ethnographic: patiti(battle axe)
armament, ethnographic: patu(truncheon)
armament, ethnographic: sling
armament, ethnographic: spear
armament, ethnographic: spear, throwing
armament, ethnographic: spear, throwing ?
armament, ethnographic: sword
armament, ethnographic: tewhatewa(club-axe)
armament, ethnographic: ula(throwing club)
armament, ethnographic?: axe head
armament accessory, ethnographic: pouch, shot
armament accessory, ethnographic: pouch, shot ?
armament accessory, ethnographic: quiver
armament accessory, ethnographic: quiver, Bhotanu
armament accessory, ethnographic: quiver, blowpipe
armament accessory, ethnographic: scabbard
armament accessory, ethnographic: sheath, knife
armament accessory, ethnographic: shield
armament accessory, ethnographic: spear head
armament accessory, ethnographic: woomera(spear thrower)
armament t&e, edged weapon: arrow
armament t&e, edged weapon: bow
Armlet
Arrow
Arrow head
Assegai
awl?
Axe
Axe head
Bag
Bark cloth
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Bell
Belt
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Blowpipe quiver
Boar's tusk
Book
Boomerang
Bottle
Bow
bow, spiralled
Bowl
bowl, feast
Box
Boxed set of artefacts
Braid
Canoe knife
Canoe paddle
Canoe prow figure
canoe prow ornament
Carving
ceremonial artifact: carving
ceremonial artifact: figure(part of)
ceremonial artifact: henta koi(scare devil)
ceremonial artifact: ju-ju
ceremonial artifact: mask
ceremonial artifact: pot, ju-ju
ceremonial artifact: tambua
ceremonial artifact?: ou(staff)
ceremonial artifact?: staff
Chair seat
Chikuto
cloth, tapa
clothing, footwear: moccasin
clothing, footwear: moccasin(pair)
clothing, footwear: shoe(pair)
clothing, footwear: shoe, snow(pair)
clothing accessory: belt
clothing accessory: glove
clothing accessory: glove, outer
clothing accessory: mitt
Club
Comb
Crooked knife
Cup
Dao
Digging stick
Dish
documentary artifact: model, canoe
documentary artifact: model, ethnographic boat
Doll
Drum
exchange medium: manilla
Fan
Feast bowl
Figure
Fish hook
fishing & trapping t&e: harpoon head
fishing & trapping t&e: hook, fish
fishing & trapping t&e: net
Fly whisk
Fon stool
Food pounder
food processing t&e: poi(breadfruit pounder)
food processing t&e?: implement
food service t&e: bottle, gin
food service t&e: bottle, stirrup spout
food service t&e: bowl
food service t&e: bowl, kava
food service t&e: bowl, seal
food service t&e: pot
food service t&e: spoon
Fue
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Gourd
Grass ring
Grass skirt
Gurkha kukri
Hat
Headdress
Head rest
Headrest
Hentakoi
iceworking t&e: knife, snow
Ihe
Iula drisia
Javelin
ju-ju pot
Juju pot
Kaika‘a
Kali
Kava bowl
Kava Cup
Kava cup
Kershaw beater
Kiakava
Kife sheath
Knife
Knife sheath
Kotiate
Lance head
leatherworking t&e: knife, ulu
Manilla
Marpangye [club]
Mask
Mitt
Moccasin
mocotaugan
Model
Model canoe
Model harpoon
mukutakan
musical t&e: drum
Necklace
Neck rest
Needle shaped object
Net
Oil Dish
original art: model, harpoon
Ornament
Outer glove
Oyster shell
Paddle
Pair of moccasins
Pair of shoes
Pair of snow shoes
Pakipaki
patiti
personal gear: box, quill
personal gear: fan
personal gear: head rest
personal gear: knife
personal gear: pipe
personal gear: pouch
personal gear: purse
personal gear: umbrella
personal gear: whisk, fly
personal gear?: box
personal symbol: broad arrow
Pig jaw bone
Pipe
Pipe stem
Pololu
Porowa ra maru
Pot
Pouch
pounder
presentation artifact: artifacts, boxed set of(replica)
presentation artifact: ring, grass
presentation artifact?: stool, "fon"
Purse
Quiver
rei miro
relic, animal: bone, pig jaw
relic, animal: shell, oyster
relic, animal: tusk, boar's
relic, animal: tusk, narwhal
relic: textile
Relief portrait
Rigged model
Rubu
Sails furled
Sails set
Scabbard
scoop
Sedre ni waiwai
Sedreniwaiwai
Shackles
Shark's tooth dagger
Shark's tooth dagger or scarifier
Shark's tooth scarifier (previously called a dagger)
Shark tooth lacerator
Shield
Shoe
Shoes
Shot pouch
Shrine figure
Siapo
Skirt
Sledge
Sling
Slit drum
Slit dum
Slit gong
Snow knife
Snow shoes
Spatula
Spear
Spear head
Spoon
Staff
Stone pounder
Sword
Tabua
Tapa beater
Tapa cloth
Tewhatewha
Textile
textileworking t&e?: cloth, tapa
textileworking t&e?: cloth, tapa(modern)
Throwing spear
Toki
toy: doll
Tusk
tusk, narwhal
Tusk section
ua
Ula
Ulu (knife)
Ulu knife
Umbrella
War club
water transport: fighting vessel: boat, war
water transport: fighting vessel: boat, war (Burmese)
water transport: muscle powered vessel: boat, rowing (Indo-China)
water transport: native craft: canoe, outrigger (Ceylon)
water transport: native craft: canoe, outrigger (Christmas Island)
water transport: native craft: canoe, outrigger (Fiji)
water transport: native craft: canoe, single outrigger (Thamakau Fiji)
water transport: native craft: lakatoi (New Guinea)
water transport: native craft: market boat (Ceylon)
water transport: native craft: oruwa (Ceylon)
water transport: passenger vessel: ferry (Burmese)
water transport: research/exploration vessel: discovery vessel
water transport: sailing vessel: canoe, outrigger (Ceylon)
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
water transport: transport vessel
water transport accessory: paddle, canoe
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woodworking t&e: knife, canoe
woodworking t&e?: needle shaped object
Woomera
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organic: Sheoak wood
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organic: tooth, shark
organic: tusk, boar
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organic: twine
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organic: wool ?
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New Guinea
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Pitcairn Island
Quebec, Canada
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Samoa
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Sheffield
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St Helena,
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Hall, 1864-1869
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Schwatka, 1878-1880
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Kestrel 1872 (HMS)
Mercury 1913 (HMS)
Mercury 1913 (HMS) ?
New Zealand (1911)
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Scarborough 1930 (HMS)
Sokoto 1899 (SS)
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1913), Frederick George Denham Bedford (1838 -
Back, George
Baldwin, Engineer George William
Barrow, John
Bassett, D. H.
Brookes, William Tolley
Co, Hudson Bay
Cook, James
Doviverata, Jione Atonio Rabici
Griffin, William
Hall, Charles Francis
Hammick, A. R.
Hammick, R. F.
Harley, Daniel William, Daniel William
Jellicoe, John Rushworth
Jubagha, Jubo
King, Joseph
Kongo Peoples
Malcolm, Neil
Maxwell-Anderson, Mildred
Millar, Herbert James Ogilvy
Olomu, Nana
Patterson, Thomas C.
Pomare IV
Poole, Claudius Scruton
Roku Rata Lala
Royal United Service Institution
Science Museum Group
Scott, Francis David Sibbald
Sea Dyak Peoples
Seniloli, Ratu Popi
Shortland, Frederick Willoughby
Shortland family
Swazi
Taylor, Kepple
Thompson, Richard
Tomlinson, James Ward ?
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William Kershaw
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ua
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