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Sculptured Mem post (model). Of cedar, painted. The sculpture of this trunk may 

 have been made in commemoration of some entirely mythological event, or, as 

 is commonly said in heraldry, to show the genealogy of the family before 

 whose dwelling the pillar was erected. Some of these pillars are of great dimen 

 sions, and are beautifully carved, by dint of great labor. Indians of Bella-Bella, 

 British Columbia. 74744. Collected by James G. Swan. 



Council house. The wood which is used for these structures is the giant cedar; they 

 are built with great care, by the combined efforts of many laborers ; usually the 

 whole village lends its cooperation. The erection of the first upright is always 

 an occasion for holding great festivities. The front is ornamented with paint 

 ings representing some legendary date and that of the inauguration. Indians 

 of British Columbia. Collected by James G. Swan. 



Snowshoes. Bent sole, raised at the point; three transverse bars; netting of fine 

 thread of twisted sinew; middle portion of thick seal-skin straps, interwoven. 

 Length, 59 inches. Eskimo of the Yukon River, Alaska. 49099. Collected by 

 E. W. Nelson. , 



Snoicshoes.- --Oval and curved wooden sole, with two wooden braces which cross the 

 shoe and are rabbeted into the sides, dividing the shoe into three equal parts. 

 The network is of fine rawhide. A small strap serves to tie it on. Length, 32 

 inches: width, 28 inches. Eskimo of Ungava Bay, Labrador. 90149. Collected 

 by Lucien Turner. 



Snoicshoes. Oval and curved wooden sole, strengthened by a toe piece and two 

 transverse braces. The network is a texture of fine rawhide. The straps are 

 of hide, embroidered with painted quills. This kind of suowshoe is used by the 

 experienced Canadians. Quebec, Canada. 24788. Collected by G. R. Renfrew. 



Snowshoes. Curved sole, raised at the point; three transverse braces. Strap of fine 

 thread of twisted sinew. Network of thick seal-skin straps, interwoven. Length, 

 59 inches. Eskimo of the Yukon River, Alaska. 49099. Collected by E. \V. 

 Nelson. 



Provision basket (djelo). Warp of pine roots and the weft of split twigs, and joined 

 together by twined weaving. The twine work is covered with fine straws of 

 bright colors, forming figures. The upper edge of the basket is strengthened by 

 a wooden hoop. Height, 3 feet ; diameter, 28 inches. Hupa Indians, California, 

 1889. 111433. Collected by Jeremiah Curtin. 



After these baskets are made they are filled with hot, wet sand, in order to 

 give them a good shape. They are placed against a wall, on a bank of earth, 

 in the semi-subterranean houses of the Hupa Indians, and are filled with acorns for 

 the winter s provisions. As many as twelve baskets may be seen in one house. 



Coiled basket. Made of bunches of small twigs joined by coiled sewing. The bot 

 tom is of a single spiral, and the body of the basket is a double coil formed by 

 carrying two coils around simultaneously. It is ornamented with small strips 

 of black Martynia pod. All the colors of thiis basket are natural. Made by an 

 Apache Indian, of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona. This is the largest 

 specimen of basket work that this tribe has made and probably the largest in the 

 world. Height, 3 feet 6 inches ; depth, 30 inches. San Carlos, Arizona. Col 

 lected by Mrs. Charles Dodge. 



Mexican feather shield (copy in water colors and gilt). The original is in the castle 

 of Ambras, in the Tyrol, where it was discovered, in the year 1891, by Mrs. 

 Zelia Nuttall, of Dresden, Germany. 



Mrs. Nuttall made this copy for the Smithsonian Institution, and described it 

 in a writing which she presented to the American Association at Washington, in 

 August, 1891. Catalogue number, 153192. United States National Museum. 



Pictograph. Representing a battle between the Sioux and Arickara Indians; painted 

 on cloth by a Sioux Indian. Collected by Mrs. General Hazen. 



