EXPLANATION OF PLATE V. 



Haida Tattooing. 



From photographs by the author and sketches by James G. Swan, of Port Townsend, Washington. 



Fig. 2. Design copied from the back of Chief Kitkun , representing Wasko, a myth- 

 ological being of the wolf species. 



Fig. 3a. Tattooed design on the back of the Haida (shown in Fig. 4) representing 

 the Thunder-bird. 



Fig. db. Design on the leg of the Haida (shown in Fig. 4),'- half way between the 

 knee and thigh, representing the squid octopus. 



Fig. 3c. Design on the skin of the Haida (shown in Fig. 4) just below the knee, 

 representing Tlankostan, the frog. 



Fig. 4. Young Haida from Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Tlie tattoo 

 mark on the breast represents Hoorts, the bear, and that on his fore-arm 

 Koot, the eagle. 



