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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



Tsimshian. The primary idea underlying the form of rattle seems to 

 have been lost, since the only explanation that has ever been given by 

 the northern Indians is to the effect that it was given to their ancestors 

 by a supernatural being. The Kwakiutl state that they obtained these 

 rattles, with the Lao'laxa ceremonies, from the He'iltsuq. 



Fig. 197. 



LAO'LAXA DOUBLE MASK KEPRESKNTING THE SUN. 



Outer mask, clondeil sun ; iiinor mask (front and profile), clear siiii. Sialic J. 



1\ A, Mo. 88.5, Hoy.lI Etlinoffr-iplii.-nl Mns..um, Berlin. Cllectcl by A. .luiobs.-.!. 



A few Lad'laxa masks ai-e shown in the illustrations on i)p. (i'2r> toO.'JO 

 (ligs. 102-197). Following are some of the songs: 



SONC OF THF. DEER, BELONGING TO THE I.A'I.AUII.ELA OE THE I.A'LASIQOALA.' 



1. We will drive away the great deer, who comes staudiug on hi.s forelegs over- 



towering all the people, covering the tribes, the great deer, said by all to be 

 fooli.sh. 



2. We shall all be thin-faced, and dry in our mouths. - We will go and cause him 



bad luck staring at him, staring at him until he gets sleepy, the great deer, 

 said by all to be foolish. 



' Fig. Iit2, page ()2.5. Appendix, page 72!». 



2 Because he gives away blankets all the time so that the people have no time to eat. 



