EXPLANATION OF PLATE XLV,B, 



Paint Brushes from the Northwest Coast. '• 



Tig. 253. Represents a raven. 



Fig. 254. Bone handle. Represents Oolalla, the mountain demon. 



Fig. 355. Represents an eagle. 



Tig. 256. From the Bella Bella tribe of the Kwakiutl (Haeltzukan stock). Cat. No. 



20548, U. S. N. M. Collected by James G. Swan. 

 All the handles, except of Fig. 254, are made of wood. The brushes 



are either of bristle or vegetable fiber. The same general type of 



brush is found along the entire coast. 



