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THE TLINGIT INDIANS 



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killer whale, and was made for one of the liAcji.Iawe'di named Gucte- 

 hln, hut was not used many times. 



At Wrangell there is preserved a headdress ornamented with abalone 

 shell and weasel skins, which is said to represent the storm cloud (£?et), 

 and a portion of a house front, which belonged to old chief Shakes, 

 mentioned above, and is carved and painted to represent the grizzly 

 bear, here called by a special name, Ckludatcll't (many faces). 



The drum shown in plate lvii, h, was owned by the same chief and 

 has a killer whale painted upon it. Its owner also has a box used in 

 secret society performances, painted with the killer whale on one side 

 and the moon on the other. 



P'igure 106 .shows one of a pair of room partitions, two l)eavers l)eing 

 painted on each in memory of a supernatural beaver at Killisnoo from 

 whicli the De'citan olitained their crest. 



Fig. 106. Room partition bearing design of beavers. 



Figure 107 represents a model of the Wolf post of the Ka'gwAntan, 

 which supports the rafters inside. Three wolves and the head of a 

 fourth are represented placed one over the other. 



A paddle-shaped dance baton obtained from Katlian, chief of the 

 KiksA'di, has a sea gull on one side and on the oppo.site side a cral) 

 painted in red, but it is not certain that these were ever used as crests. 

 About the edges are blue lobes said to represent "animal teeth." 



Plate LVII, «, is a basketry design representing TsAlxa'n. The ten- 

 sided figure in red is the flank of the mountain which is supposed to 

 look red at a distance, the diagonal black bars on either side above are 

 the slopes, the two small white spots sunshine on the sides, and the 

 Ion"' white horizontal bars clouds. 



