EXPLANATION OF PLATE LVII 



Musical Instruments from the Northwest Coast. 



Fig. 298. Dance Whistle. In form of a toy balloon, with a bladder attached to 



the wooden mouth-piece to operate the whistle. Cat. No. 89069, U. S. 



N. M. Haida, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Collected 



by James G. Swan. 

 Fig. 299. Dance Whistle. Blown hke a fife. Compare Fig. 326. Cat. No. 89057, 



U. S. N. M. Skidegate, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. 



Collected by James G. Swan. 

 Fig. 301. Ceremonial Trumpet. Made in six pieces (see Fig. 319), which, when 



joined, form six chambers, in each of which a piece of fabric is stretched. 



The different tones are not set to a scale. Cat. No. 20687, U. S. N. M. 



Tsimshian, Fort Simpson, British Colunabia. Collected by James G. 



Swan. 

 Fig. 302. Medicine and Dance Drum. Tanned sheep-skin stretclied over a wooden 



frame. Totemic figure, the bear. It is beaten with an ordinary stick 



padded with cloth. Cat. No. 127613, U. S. N. M. Tlingit, Sitka, 



Alaska. Collected by Paymaster E. B. Webster, U. S. Navy. 



