TWO CAROLINE ISLANDS WOOD HAIRPINS, each with broad finial and old inscription, from Hogilous Islands; a Sarawak heart-shaped coconut shell cache-sexe, old label; a New Guinea turtleshell knife; a New Guinea coconut shell spoon; a bamboo lime-container; and four shell fish hooks, old label, from Aua Island (10)

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TWO CAROLINE ISLANDS WOOD HAIRPINS, each with broad finial and old inscription, from Hogilous Islands; a Sarawak heart-shaped coconut shell cache-sexe, old label; a New Guinea turtleshell knife; a New Guinea coconut shell spoon; a bamboo lime-container; and four shell fish hooks, old label, from Aua Island (10)
Provenance
Lt. Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt Rivers
The cache-sexe acquired from E. Bartlett, June 1897, no. 395; the turtleshell knife acquired W.D. Webster, Oct. 1897, no.1366

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