CONTENTS V 



Artifacts, by Frederica dc Laguna and Francis A. Riddell — Continued 



Bone points, shafts, and copper pins— Continued ^^^^ 



Bone shaft fragments ^^^ 



Copper pins ^^^ 



Devices used in fishing and trapping 149 



Fishhooks 150 



Notclied stones 1^^ 



Barbs for gaff hooks 151 



Fish lures or amulets 153 



Gorges 154 



Copper wire hooks 155 



Ornaments 155 



Pendants 15' 



Copper beads and danglers 157 



Coiled copper wire beads 158 



Coal beads 158 



Bone beads 159 



Copper bracelets 1^0 



Copper rings 1^1 



Ornamental bodkins or pins 162 



Labrets 163 



Bone catch 164 



Wooden comb 164 



Objects of possible ritual significance 165 



Band of ryegrass stems 165 



Bird-bone tubes 167 



Amulets (?) 168 



Incised pebbles 168 



Carved wooden slab 172 



Human figurines 172 



Wooden vessels and bark 175 



Wooden vessels 175 



Bark 178 



Cordage, baskets, and textiles 178 



Cordage 178 



Twined baskets 178 



Matting 179 



Blankets 180 



Miscellaneous worked bone, stone, and wood 181 



Worked bone 181 



Chert cores, nodules, and chips 181 



Worked quartz, greenstone, and slate 183 



Miscellaneous wooden objects 183 



Canoes 184 



The Yaktjtat Blanket, by Carolyn Osborne 187 



Description 187 



Comparative data 192 



Conclusion, by Frederica de Laguna 201 



Age of the sites 201 



Cultural position of the Yakutat remains 207 



Bibliography 212 



Explanation of plates 218 



Index 227 



