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Banks Islands. Hats.
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ever been seen in a cocked hat in the Banks' Islands, and the masks of that shape were certainly seen when masks were first seen there by Europeans[1] Besides these hats the house of
Banks' Islands Tamate.
the salagoro will not be found to contain anything more than the usual appliances for cooking: a certain disappointment is probably experienced by every one who first penetrates into the mysterious precincts. There is one object, however, which
- ↑ It is true that when white men were seen with hats they were supposed by the natives to wear what corresponded to their own masks. The native name for
