THE INDIANS OF THE NORTHWEST COAST. 



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L in the figure of the "Bear Mother" is a good illustration of the size 

 and appearance of this appendage as worn up to recent years. 



Nose ornaments.— Fig. 13, Plate vi, is the general type of silver nose- 

 ring.s in use around Dixon Entrance. It is often worn in this same 

 shape made of bone. Another favorite ornament both for the nose and 

 ear is the shark's tooth, as shown in Fig. 20, Plate vii. As such it is 

 usually attached to the hole in the nose or lobe of the ear by a yarn of 

 red worsted. Sometimes the red worsted is alone worn; sometimes a 

 l)iece of bone triangular in shape replaces the shark's tooth which it is 

 meant to imitate. A bone or ivory stick or cylinder was formerly worn. 

 Fig. 17, Plate vii, is an illustration of a primitive bone nose ornament 

 of a different type from any of these mentioned. 



Ear ornaments. — Figs. 12 and 14 represent the common types of sil- 

 ver ear-rings now worn in the northern region around Dixon Entrance. 

 As mentioned above, sharks' teeth and red worsted are favorite ear 

 ornaments. These are illustrated in Figs. 20, 21, and 23, Plate vii. 

 Fig. 12a is a Tlingit ear ornament of ivory from the Emmons Collection 

 in the Museum of Natural History, New York. In its ornamentation 

 and design it shows the effects of intercourse with the Aleut and 

 Koniagas to the north. Fig. 12h is a pin or peg of ivory or bone of a 

 tyi)e sometimes worn by the Tlingit and Haida. 



Hair ornaments. — Fig. 11a, Plate vi, is an iron 

 hair-pin from Fort Wrangell, Alaska (Tlingit.) It 

 is inlaid with haliotis and highly polished. Fig. 



11, Plate VI, is an iron "tchene" 



highly polished and inlaid with 



haliotis shell. It is worn by young 



girls as an ornament in the hair. 



This specimen is from the Nass 



Indians (Tsimshian), but they are 



also found amongst the Tlingit 



and Haida, and were formerly 



valued at from one to two slaves. 



Eed is the favorite color for cloth 



or ribbon used by the women for 



dressing their hair, as described 



previously. 

 NecMaces. — Fig. 22, Plate vii, is 



a necklace of red beads and denta- 



lium shell strung alternately and 



further ornamented with a square 

 piece of abalone shell pendent. This specimen is from Masset, British 

 Columbia (Haida), as is also that shown in Fig. 9, Plate vi, which is made 

 of twisted copper wire and is of a very primitive type. Fig. 10 is the 

 same kind as that shown in Fig. 9, but it has been oxidized by the heat 

 and looks somewhat like iron wire instead of copper. 



Fig. 12a. 

 Ear Ornament 



(Tlingit. Emmons Col 

 tion. ) 



Fig. 126. 

 Ear Ornament. 



mons Collec- 



(Tlingitand Hiiitk. I 

 tion. ) 



