430 PICTURE-WRITING OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 
The same author gives description accompanying P1. x, Figs. 33 and 
34, of ceremonial blankets and coats. 
The first-mentioned drawing is 
reproduced here as Fig. 554: 
It is worn by Indians of rank and wealth on the northwest coast, commonly called 
a “Chilkat blanket,” because the best specimens come from the Chilkat country, 
Fic. 554.—Chilkat ceremonial blanket. 
although other tribes are more or less expert in weaving them. The warp is com- 
posed of twisted cord or twine of cedar bark fiber, and the woof of worsted spun 
from the wool of the mountain goat. Brown, yellow, black, and white are the colors 
used, and these are skillfully wrought into a pattern representing the totem ora 
totemic legend of the owner. 
The design on the blanket shown represents Hoorts, the bear. 
Fic. 5: 
5.—Chilkat ceremonial coat. 
Fig. 555 is‘described thus: “A ceremonial shirt or coat of similar 
workmanship as the blanket just described, is trimmed on the collar 
and cuffs with sea-otter fur.” 
