EXPLANATION OF PLATE LI. 



Chests, Carvings, etc., from the Northwest Coast. 



From photographs and sketches by the author. 



Fig. 272. Household Box or Chest. With sides made from a single wide, thin 

 piece of cedar scarfed and bent three times and pegged at the fourth 

 corner. The specimen is about 18 inches square by 24 inches high. 

 The method of cording is also shown. The totemic design is the bear. 

 Haida Indians, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. 



Fig, 273. Household Chest. With sides made from two pieces of wide, thin 

 cedar wood; bent at right angles and pegged together at diagonally op- 

 posite corners. The bottom and top are made of oblong slabs of wood 

 neatly dressed down, the bottom being pegged to the sides and ends. 



Fig. 274. Ceremonial Spoon. Of wood, with handle carved to represent the orca 

 holding the bowl in his mouth. This is used in the ceremonies attend- 

 ing a Haida youth's attainment of majority, when he is required to 

 drink down the contents of the spoon, consisting of about two quarts 

 of fish-oil. 



Fig. 275. Carved Slate Figure. Commemorating a legend relating the prowess 

 of a certain Indian shaman, who is said to have raised two Indians from 

 the dead at Skidegate, Queen Charlotte Islands. 



Fig. 280. Haida Pictograph. Representing Skana, the orca or whale-killer. (See 

 Chapter VII.) From a photograph of a drawing in the possession of 

 James G. Swan. 



