Weapons and Utensils from Melanesia and Micronesia. (Original print by the Bibliographisches Institut. Leipzig)

Use your cursor on the painting to identify the items below

1. Obsidian javelin: Admiralty Islands.
2. Paddle: Solomon Islands.
3. Chief's spear: New Caledonia.
4. Mancatcher: New Guinea.
5. Lance: New Britain. (The handle is made of bone, probably that of the cassowary).
6. Lance: New Britain.
7. Arrow: Humboldt Bay
8. Arrow: Humboldt Bay
9. War mask: New Caledonia.
10. Arrow: Humboldt Bay.
11. Arrow: Humboldt Bay.
12. Lance: New Hanover. (bamboo.)
13. Lance: New Hanover.
14. Spear with point of cassowary bone: New Guinea.
15. Mace used in dances: Bougainville.
16. Sword-club: New Britain.
17. Club, handle covered with grass matting: Solomon Islands.
18. Obsidian javelin: Admiralty Islands.
19. Jade axe: New Caledonia.
20. 20 Breast ornament: New Caledonia.
21. Necklace of cachalot's teeth: Fiji.
22. Breast ornament: Humboldt Bay.
23. Prickly helmet: Kingsmill Islands.
24. Mask: New Ireland.
25. Mask: New Ireland (used as decoration of a temple).
26. Mask: New Ireland.
27. Mat with woven pattern: Mortlock Island in the Carolines.
28. Calabash for betel-lime: Admiralty Islands.
29. Frontlet: New Guinea.
30. Cap: New Caledonia.