THE KWAKIUTL INDIANS. 



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whole tribe witness tbe performauce. At tlie end of the performance 

 the ho.st announces that on the following- day he will distribute his 

 blankets. 



Fig. 194. 

 LAO'LAXA MASKS REPRESENTING SEVEN DIFFERENT SPEAKERS. 



La'Lasiqoala. Scale J. 



IV A, Nos. fi8S2-S8,sS, Rny:,l Elhii.igraphical Museum, Berlin. CoUeele,! I.y F. H..as. 



The next moruing theuiVqate (the counter and tally keeper) arranges 

 the blankets in piles, one for each clan, placing those intended for the 

 chief of the clan on top. Thus the bundles are tied up. I n the evening 



