Additions to the ethnological collections, chiefly from the New Hebrides
Abstract
[Abstracted from p. 189] The New Hebridean collection has from time to time received some very valuable additions, amongst others the following interesting objects:
I.—STONE FOOD-DISHES.
The largest of these (Pl. xxxii.), evidently an adapted block of stone, is broad oval in form, with a rounded rim, or periphery, of variable width. It measures two feet by nineteen inches in cross diameters, the full height is five inches, decreasing to two inches inside, and is ninety-six pounds in weight.
It was presented by Mr. J. E. Fysh, of "Big Bay," Santo, who states it to be about the size and shape of the to-day's wooden food dishes. …
