490 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



She is seated iu the rear of the house, aud the spear which has been 

 showu to the people is secretly exchauf]fed for another one the point of 

 which can be i^nshed into its shaft. The spear is put under the arm of 

 the t'o'X'uit, and apparently i)ushed slowly into her body. As it enters, 

 blood is seen to flow from the wound. The blood is in this case also 

 kei)t in a small bladder, which is attached to the sl<in. When it seems 



Fig. 136. 



MASK OF SALMON DANCER. 



Tlie wiiig.s represent the .salmon, wliile the inner face is that of a supernatural bird, a, outer view of 

 ■wing; 6, view of mask half opened. Length, 30^ inches; black, white. 



IV A, No. 6881, Royal Ethnographical Museum, Berlin. Collected hy F. Bo.is. 



to have entered the full breadth of the body, the skin on the opposite 

 side is seen to be pushed out by the point, and blood flows also from 

 that point. As a matter of fact, a hook which is attached to the hem- 

 lock ring on the dancer's arm is fastened to the skin, which is pulled up 

 by a slow motion of the arm. At the same time the hook breaks a 

 bladder containing blood. 



