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tint and apparently the same chemical nature as that in 

 No. 2 mask. Certainly the stud.y of these masks is pregnant 

 with suggestion, and as I am unable at present to find any 

 references to ethnological literature dealing with these, I am 

 publishing my own personal impressions in order that they 

 may inspire some controversial discussion on the subject. 



Professor E. Mackay of Dalhousie University has very 

 kindly made a chemical examination of the material con- 

 stituting the facial masks, and he reports that the vegetable 

 fibre which forms a sort of basis "is cemented together by 

 material which is very largely organic, containing a small 

 amount of ochre-like substance which is chiefly an oxide 

 of iron." 



