EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXI. 



Tlingit Ceremonial Buckskin Shirt. 



Made of two thicknesses of buckskin, sewed up on the left side; open on the 

 right. The neck-opening is slit to admit the head. The figure is painted on the 

 front in black and red colors, and represents the totem of the Bear. Cat. No. 130588, 

 U. S. N. M. Tlingit Indians, Alaska. Lent by Max. B. Richardson, of Oswego, 

 N. Y. 



