THE KWAKIUTL INDIANS. 



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what thoy want, they praise liis liberality, saying- that he made all the 

 tribes fat by the amount of grease he had given. Finally they are 

 taken out of the house. Then the blankets are placed on top of a 

 drum, which is laid down on its side. The man whose office it is to dis- 

 tribute blankets in thepotlatch (da'qEmayaenox = taking the blanket 

 at its top edge), of whom there is one in each clan, sits on top of the 

 drum. His office is hereditary in the male line and considered as very 

 important. He calls the people's names, and throws the blankets upon 

 a mat lying in front of the drum. A man standing next to liim carries 

 the blankets to those who are to receive them. As soon as the blankets 

 intended for one clan are distributed, he calls, " Let us change!'' 

 This is the end of the Lao'laxa. 



Fig. 19C. 



KAVEN JIASK AND WfllSTLE. 



Mask, IV A, X... SSO, Royal Etl..iographu-al Muse.m,, Berlin. Sc-.ile '^. O.lW.-le.lI.y A. Ja.-ol«™. 

 ■WTiistle, IV A, No. 6897, Royal Ethnographiral Mi.sevim, Berlin. Si-.ilf 'j. Culli-.-le.l l.y V. Boas. 



The rattles used by the Lao'laxa dancer differ from those used in the 

 winter ceremonial. While most of the latter are round (figs. 51-00, pp. 

 435-440), the lormcr have the shape of birds which carry a number of 

 figures on their backs (figs. 190, 101, pp. 023, 024). T^Fost of these rattles 

 represent the raven with upturned tail. The face of a hawk is carved 

 on the i)elly of the raven. A reclining figure is placed on its back. 

 The knees of this figure are raised and grasped by the hands. A 

 bird's head is represented on the tail of the raven. These rattles are 

 undoubtedly conies of similar ones that are used by the Haida and 



