TATTOOING OF THE HAIDAS. 



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remarked to me, " If you were tattooed with the design of a swan, the 

 Indians would know your family name." 



Although it is very easy to distinguish the Haida women from those 

 of other tribes by seeing the tattoo marks on the backs of their hands, 

 yet very few white persons have cared to know the meaning of these 



Fig. 25.— Haida man, tattooed. 



Fig. -0. — Haida woman, tattooed. 



designs, or are aware of the extent of the tattoo marks ou the persons 

 of both sexes. 



In order to illustrate this tattooing as correctly as possible, I inclose 

 herewith a view (Figure 2-1) taken at Massett, Queen Charlotte Island, of 



