EXPLANATION OF PLATE XLIV. 



Haida carved Box of black Slate, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. 



Fig. 243. Carved Box. Of black slate. On the lid, a top view of which is shown 

 above the box, two figures or faces may be seen. The upper one with 

 the rows of teeth and protruding tongue is Hoorts, the bear. The two 

 small oblong figures, one in each upper corner, represent the ears of 

 the bear; the lower figure on the lid the face and flippers of Kye, the 

 sea-lion; also seen in the handles on each side of the box. In the latter 

 the sea-lion has in his mouth the salmon. The face on the side of the 

 box is that of Hoorts, the bear, having in his moutli ihe hunter. This 

 legend is explained in Chap. VII. The oblong figures in each corner 

 are the paws of the bear. It should be mentioned here that in the 

 Haida drawings an eye is placed in the breast, in the ear, paw. tail, 

 etc. , of figures, presumably on the belief that each member of the body 

 has the power of looking out for itself or controlling its own move- 

 ments. Cat. No. 89000, U. S. N. M. Haida Indians, Queen Charlotte 

 Islands, British Columbia. Collected by James G. Swan. 



