EXPLANATION OF PLATE Llll. 



Carved wooden Ceremonial Rattle from the Northwest Coast. 



Fig. 286. Rattle. Tliis is a side view of the rattle shown in back view in Fig. 987, 

 Plate LIV, and top view in Fig. 288. Tliis rattle is supposed to possess 

 magical power in that it depicts a legend of Ka-Ka-Tete, the whistling 

 demon, as described in Chapter VII, under the head of Carvings. This 

 is a very common type of rattle, and is found throughout the coast. 

 Cat. No. 89085, U. S. N. M. Skidegate, Queen Charlotte Islands, 

 British Columbia. Collected by James G. Swan. 



