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communal structure where the unmarried men of the village sleep. 

 The kasJiim is used as a workshop hy the men of the village in winter 

 and during inclement weather, and by the entire community at the 

 occasion of the frequent ceremonial dances. The roof is built of 

 horizontally placed spruce logs reaching from one end of the struc- 

 ture to the other, a distance of 30 to 40 feet. The slope of the roof 

 is quadrangular and converges toward the smoke hole at the apex. 

 This is made possible by cutting each tier of roof l)eams shorter than 



Fig. 157. — Rosario, the last of the 

 pottery makers among the Tinne In- 

 dians f)f the lower Yukon. 



Fig. 158. — Tinne Indian girl of An- 

 vik whose attire represents a contrast 

 of the new with the old. The handean 

 and beaded pendants advertise her 

 marriaQeahilitv. 



the tier of beams just beneath and by supporting it on a diagonal 

 plate which rests on the two adjoining beams at each of the four 

 converging corners. Over the entire structure is heaped earth, giv- 

 ing it a resemblance to the earth covered lodge of the Pawnee Indians 

 of the United States. There are no windows, but at Anvik and other 

 villages along the Yukon, the old smoke hole at the center of the 

 roof has been glassed in, providing a cupola skylight. The kashiin 

 at Anvik is lighted with modern gasolene lamps, and is heated with 

 a Yukon sheet iron stove. 



