70 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL 
emblem, the bison. The traditions of this family go back to a home 
in the interior where the bison was found in abundance. In their cere- 
monial designs the animal is represented as standing. ‘The head is. 
placed at the top, with the body below. ‘The forefeet are on either side 
of the jaw, the hind feet in the lower corners, the “‘eyes”’ just above the 
hind feet represent the hip-joints. ‘The man wears on his head an elabo- 
rate shaman’s, or chief’s, head-dress and has a shaman’s rattle in his. 
right hand. Cou-de-nah-haw, a chief of the Kar-qwan-ton family, is 
standing beside one of the old native houses made of hewn logs. His. 
sleeveless shirt shows his family emblem to be the brown bear. 
The illustration on page 72 shows the final use of the blanket in the 
ancient Chilcat culture. The most precious article in the wardrobe 
of the chief, it was placed on the front of his grave house after his death, 
as is represented in this view in 1885 upon the banks of the Chilcat 
River. 
GrorGE 'T. Emmons. 
NEW MATERIAL FROM THE CONGO FREE STATE. 
HE Museum has recently received an additional assortment of 
material from the Congo Free State. ‘The new shipment 
contains a considerable number of specimens not found in the 
old collections. ‘To the representative series of Congo musical instru- 
ments there are now added a large xylophone with gourd resonators, 
a zither, some marimbas (native pianos) with bamboo keys, and a beauti- 
fully polished ivory horn with incised ornamentation. There is a fine 
set of fetich figures, some of phallic character, and a valuable shaman’s 
mask with upturned proboscis. ‘The industrial arts are represented 
by decorated earthenware, masterly specimens of Bakuba woodwork 
and baskets and feather-caps of an astonishingly complex manner of 
weaving. Bark boxes from the northern section of the State have origi- 
nal lids of carved human heads. ‘The military equipment of the natives 
is illustrated by three cuirasses of pachyderm hide and a series of shields 
representing various types of manufacture. Some highly ornamental 
adzes were used as insignia of native royalty, and there are also some 
carved sticks which served as badges of distinction. 
