EXPLANATION OF PLATE IX. 



General Type of Tsimshian, Haida, and Tlingit Chief's Costume. 



From photographs and sketches by the author 



The details of this costume are shown in Plate X. In the top of the head-dress, 

 within the fringe formed by the seal whiskers, aquatic birds' or eagles' down is gen- 

 erally placed, which, m the ceremonial dances, falls and floats in the air about the 

 wearer like snow on a winter's day, adding much to the picturesqueness of the scene. 



