THE KWAKIUTL INDIANS. 



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wliich is concave on tbe upper side. This, it is said, is where Baxbaku- 

 alauuXsi'wae rubbed oti the lia'mats'a's skin, or to indicate that they 

 are liviug on blood. According to the legend, the various ha/mats'as 

 become excited by seeing certain objects or by hearing them mentioned. 

 All of these refer to death. The exciting object for one hfi'mats'a is the 



Fig. 75. 



Figs. 69-73. 



WHISTLES OP HA'MATS'A. 



Fig. 69, double whistle; fig. 70, bone whistle; fig. 71, whistle of five 



voices ; fig. 72, double whistle ; fig. 73, single whistle. 



Scale J. 



IV A, Nns. lTJ9a, 6S57, iKOd, 17294, l'39c. Royal Ethnographic.il Museum, Berlin. 

 Collected by A. Jacobsen and F. Boas. 



Fig. 74. 



DOUBLE WHISTLE, WITH 

 FOUR VOICES. 



Scale i. 



IV A, No. n30f, Royal Ethno- 

 graphical Museum, Berlin. 

 Collected bv A. Jacobsen. 



ghost or corpse ; for another one, skulls ; for still others, " a head cut off" 

 or maggots or x-a/wayu (open door). Whenever any of these words 

 occur in a song, or when a dance, figure, or painting is shown repre- 

 senting these objects, the hfi'mats'a who, according to his legend, is 

 affected by them falls into a state of ecstasy. 



