EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXIX, 



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356 357 



358 359 



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Wooden Commemorative or Mortuary Columns of the Tlingit and Haida Indians. 



From photographs and sketches. 



Fig. 355. Mortuary or Commemorative Column at Masset, Queen Charlotte 

 Islands, British Columbia. 



Fig. 356. Mortuary or Commemorative Column in front of Chief Shake's house 

 at Fort Wrangell, Alaska. 



Figs. 357, 358, and 359. Mortuary Columns near Howkan, Alaska. Fig. 358, 

 with the spruce tree growing out of the top, illustrates the decay of 

 these wooden carvings through the encroachment of the vegetation, 

 which flourishes wherever it can get the least foothold. 



Fig. 360. Mortuary or Commemorative Column at Fort Tongass, Alaska. 



