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THE TLINGIT INDIANS 



[ETH. AXN. 2ij 



Figure loy has the body placed in a hole in the l)aek. It was erected 

 for a TcukAne'di ehief called Dfixiisj-e't C'Out.side Dry." r(>ferring to 

 the fact that the porpoise is dry on the outside almost immediately 



Fig. 110. Grave poFts nt Wrangell. 



after coming- out of the water), and the figures are as follows : The 

 main figure represents CakAnayi' ("Mountain Dweller"), a mythological 

 being supposed to live in tlu^ mountains who was a great hunter and was 

 himself a TcukAne'di. Above him is iiis dog and at the top an eagle. 



