THE KWAKIUTL INDIANS. 



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After finislnng his songs lie steps out of tlie door and calls all ti.e 

 people, the (Jue'tEla first, then the Q'o'moyue, Walas Ivwaki.itl, and 

 Q^o mk-utis, m the order of their rank. He informs them tl.at the spirit 

 of the Lao'laxa has come to his house, and requests themto^^^ash and to 



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T.AO'LAXA MASK REPRESEN'JINU THE DEER 



a, n,a.sk Hose.l ; I, bone of tl.e f.-roleg of the deer, carried in the hands of the dan.-.or ; ., n,ask opened 

 .showing lignre of a human face. Length, 16 inches. Width, 13 inelie.s. 



n A, No. sai, Roy.il Etl,nonrr.iphic.iI Masmun, Herlin. Collect,-.! I,y A. .':i,-obseii. 



keep clean. At the same time he invites all the young men to come to 

 his house and smg. Then the young men enter the house an.l sing, and 

 some of them dance, one after another. After the dance a, feast is 

 given by the Lao'laxa dancer, ^yho distributes about one hundred 

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