EXPLANATION OF PLATE XLVI. 



Slave-killers from the Northwest Coast; formerly used in dispatching Slaves. 



Carved to represent the beak of a raven. Cat. No. 127173, 

 Tlingit Indians, Alaska. Collected by E. B. Webster, U. 



Fig. 257. Made of bone. 



U. S. N. M. 



S. Navy. 

 Fig. 258. Of wood; ornamented with a carved head and human hair. Cat. No. 



73831, U. S. N. M. Tlingit Indians, Alaska. Collected by Lieut. T. 



Dix Bolles, U. S. Navy. 

 Fig, 259. (Seisher or Sitzee, Haida). Wooden head; steel point. Ornamented with 



human hair. Cat. No. 74768, U. S. N. M. Haida Indians, Queen 



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

 Fig. 260. Made from Elk antler, carved in totemic design, an 1 armed with a sharp 



stone point. Cat. No. 74500, U. S. N. M. Tlingit Indians, Alaska. 



Collected by James G. Swan. 

 Fig. 261. (Sitzee). Made from a deer antler, and carved to represent the head of 



Tl'koh, the crane; the handle represents a bear's paw. Cat. No. 88701, 



U. S. N. M. Kaigani village of Howkan, Alaska. Collected by James 



G. Swan. 



