EXPLANATION OF PLATE 1. 



NiSQA Headdress representing the White Owl. 



Tlie lieaddress is made of maple; eyes, tongue, eye ornament on wings, and orna- 

 ment at base of the wing feathers inlaid in llaliotis shell. Wings and eyebrows of 

 owl, and eyebrows, eyes, and noses of the surronnding men painted black; margin 

 of beak and body of the owl except knees and talons, months, arms, and legs of 

 the surronnding men, and the broad band surrounding the owl's body painted red. 

 6i inches wide, 7i inches high. Collected by Franz Uoas. 

 (g'JV Amerioaii Museum of Natural HLstory, New York.) 



