EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXIX. 



Haida and Tlingit Hunting and Fishing Implements. 



Fig. 133 (o and b). Seal Spear-head. Of steel. Head detachable from foresliaft 

 and secured by a plaited lanyard of sea- weed made fast to a shackle in 

 the butt. The case 5 is made of two pieces of cedar lashed together 

 with spHt spruce-root. Cat. No. 88929, U. S. N. M. Masset Indians, 

 Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Collected by James G. 

 Swan. 



Fig. 134 (a and b). Seal Spear-head. Barbs on the back as well as on the sides. 

 Cat. No. 88890, U. S. N. M. Masset Indians, Queen Charlotte Islands, 

 British Columbia. Collected by James G. Swan. 



Fig. 135. Bone Spear-Head. Barbed and detachable. Cross section shown in c. 

 Cat. No. 74962, U. S. N. M. Thngit Indians, Sitka, Alaska. Collected 

 by John J. McLean. 



Fig. 186. Bone Spear-head. Cross section shown in d. Cat. No. 74963, U. S. N. M. 

 Tlingit Indians, Sitka, Alaska. Collected by John J. McLean. 



Fig. 137. Spear-head. Of steel; foresliaft of wood. Steel head shown in a ; fore- 

 shaft in b. The point d fits into a socket in the spear-head o. The 

 point c of the foresliaft fits into a socket in the spear-head. Cat. No. 

 88803, U. S. N. M. Masset Indians, Queen Charlotte Islands. British 

 Columbia. Collected by James G. Swan. 



Fig. 138. Fish Spear-head. Three prongs of steel. Cat. No. 18933, U. S. N. M. 

 Tlingit Indians, Sitka, Alaska. Collected by James G. Swan. 



Fig. 139. Fish Rake. Teeth of sharpened iron nails. For taking herring during a 

 run. From a sketch by the author. 



Fig. 140. Halibut Line-float. Of cedar wood: carved to represent a shag or duck. 

 Cat. No. 43237. U. S. N. M. Tlingit Indians. Sitka, Alaska. Collected 

 by Commander L. A. Beardslee, U. S. Navy. 



