MALLERY. | HAIDA TATTOO. 399 
In some instances the totem and mythic character are shown upon 
the same member, as is represented in Fig. 519. This tattooing was cop- 
ied from the left arm of a woman, the complete figure upon the forearm 
and hand being that of a thunder bird, while the four heads upon the 
fingers represent that of the tshimo’s,a mythic animal. The thunder- 
bird had been tattooed upon the arms a number of years before the 
heads were added, probably because the protracted and painful oper- 
ation of tattooing so large a figure deterred the sufferer from further 
Fic. 519.—Haida tattoo, thunder-bird and tshimd’s. Fig. 520.—Haida tattoo, bear. 
sitting. Sometimes, however, such postponement or noncompletion of 
an operation is the result of inability on the part of the subject to de- 
fray the expense. 
Another instance of the interrupted condition of tattooed designs is 
presented in Fig. 520. The figure upon the forearm and hand is that 
of the bear totem, and was made first. At a subsequent festival the 
bear heads were tattooed upon the fingers, and, last of all, the body 
was tattoed upon the middle finger, leaving three yet to be completed. 
