A7:ir Mr HAL r.ifxr/xcs \:v.\ 



s])iiii l)y liaiitl, ;iiiil then dyed in the yiirn. To prcNcnl the linnuin^ warp 

 from taiiiiliii^. it isdixidcd and tied in l)aus of skin ;is indicated in the paint- 

 Iw'j,. Tlu' \vea\inii' is a inar\(>l of i)atient exeention with the niiaideil liand, 

 in teehnicpie siniihtf to i>ne ty|)e of the liasketry work of tliis ti'ihe. The 

 small eol(M- lields are woxcn separately and xcry in^cnionsly niiited hy 

 interwcax iui;'. Several of these small interwoNcn fields form di\isioiis 

 which are nnited with fine sinews, as thread is used hy the Mnroixan tapestry 

 weax'ers. Technically tlic('hilkat lilankct is a tapestry. 



TIIK SKCOXn I'AIX'nXC 



Till' f'mior Biuldrrs 



The mural decoration on the west wall, next to that of the Tlinnit, 

 |)ortrays the Ilaida Indians as woodworkers. They are enuau'cd in canoe 

 huildinii" just in front of a wooden structiu'c which extends from the riuiit 

 of the composition. This structure is an exam])le of the comiminit.\ house 

 of these people. The timber is hand-hewn and skillfully joineil. The 

 l)oards of the walls are hexelled to slide in a urooxc and close uj) to one 

 another with yrcat m'cety. Those important structural features, the corner 

 posts and totem poles, the placing- of wliich is the initial stej) of the hiiilding 

 and the oeeasirn of important ceremonies, arc hroadly indicated as befits 

 their position in the composition. 



The -Xorth Pacific ('oast Indi;ins are a fishing people. Their homes are 

 hirgely aincng islands and Mr. Taylor could ha\<' chosen no better object 

 illustrali\'e of their lix'cs than the canoe. It is their chief means of trans- 

 j)()rtation and in it nnich of their lixcs is spent. The red cedars of 

 Queen Charlotte's Islands produce logs from which are made huge canoes, 

 sometimes fntm forty-fix'c to sixty feet in length. 'Hie Haida are master 

 craftsmen since there is no other tyj)e of dugout canoe so light, graceful 

 and seaworthy as this one they construct. 



In Ilaida canoe building, the outside contour is first hewn and carNcd. 

 Wooden jjins are dri\-eii through the outer sin-face to indicate the \arying 

 thickness of the walls of the canoe, and the interior is dug out to the depths 

 thus fixed. The spread of the beam is attained by steaming the wood. 

 The canoe is partly filled with water into which red hot stones are dropijcij 

 j)roducing steam which softens the wood. The sides are foreefl out by 

 wedges which are afterward replaced b\ pei-manent seats. Beds of h(.t 

 embers are kejit near the canoes to dry the outei- surface. 



Xot onI\- is the Ilaida process of canoe building well suggested in this 

 second i)ainling, but also we get in this decoi-atioii the atmosphere of the 



