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Ethnological Objects, etc.— Continued. 



No. 86. A girdle of woven grass; worn by women. 



No. 87. Seine needle. 



No. 88-93. Caps for women; woven of grass, (sec No. 81), except the black, 

 which is woven of the stems of the maiden-hair fern. 



No. 94-97. Salmon dishes. (See No. 33-34.) 



No. 98-99. Dishes for serving sow-how (acorn mash) at feasts. 



No. 100-102. Fancy baskets. 



No. 103. Mat of woven grass. 



No. 104. Paddle; used to ceremoniously stir the dish of sow-how while cooking 

 for a feast. 



No. 106. Basket in which sow-how is cooked with heated stones. 



No. 107. Common limiting how. 



No. 108. Large hamper for storing acorns, clothing, etc. 



No. 109-110. Two marmot skins. 



No. 111. Hand adze with stone handle, very old; formerly used in hollowing 

 out log canoes and other wood-work; still retained in use by the old men. 



No. 112-114. Pestles of stone ; in common use. (Sec Nos. 31-32.) 



No. 115. Hand-spear used in killing salmon in shallow water, in the rapids. 



No. 116. Hair pins, ohsolete; formerly worn hy the men in the In aid of hair at 

 the hack of the head, the point projecting to prevent the braid being grasped hy 

 an enemy. Chinese. 



No. 117. Indian money. Skins of the woodpecker arranged to be worn at a 

 dance ; current value, $25 to $40 in trade. 



No. 118. Basket for cooking sow-how. (See No. 106.) 



No. 119. Panier in which infants are packed and carried. 



No. 120. Elk-skin armor; native name " Cue-it-wul." Worn by warriors in 

 battle as protection from arrows: now nearly ohsolete. This suit has been worn 

 by several generations, and has been worn in some of the modern battles with 

 the whites. The cusks and triangular figures are intended to denote the number 

 of enemies slain and captives taken. It is worn so as to cover the left side, with 

 the left arm through the slot and the head through the Opening and the tie on the 

 right shoulder, and it is also tied below the right arm. The arrow-cuts and 

 bullet marks were received in battle. 



No. 121. Suit of armor. Wattles and twine woven and bouud with buckskin ; 

 native name " Kluig-klicyst-e-cue-it-wul. ;j Worn in battle to protect the body; 

 it is tied across the breast from left to right ; the red lines denote the number of 

 enemies slain or captives takeu, also the rank of the wearer. This class of armor 

 was in common use among the Natano and Kenuck Indians before the introduc- 

 tion of fire-arms, but is now nearly obsolete. This is the only complete suit I 

 have been able to obtain. 



No. 122. Native name, u Mik-klikt-okt." Tool for chipping flint, used in mak- 

 ing stone arrow-heads. The work is held in the palm of the hand, which is pro- 

 tected by a buckskin pad, and the chips are flaked off by pressing on the edge of 

 the Hint with this tool held in the right hand, the ball of the handle resting in 

 the palm. 



No. 123. Arrow straightener ; native name, " Mitcki-nat-kea-kus." This tool 

 is used to straighten arrow-shafts. The shaft is passed through the slot and the 

 workman looks along it with his eye and nips it with the tool where it is crooked. 

 They go over the arrows with the straightener several times while working them 

 down with a kuife, and they also carry a straightener to straighten their arrows 

 that become warped in use. 



No. 124. Gambling tools (sticks), Kenuck (Klamath) ; native name, " Kin-nah- 

 e-lab." A bunch of small wands, one of which has a black band around the center. 

 The game is played by any number that wish to engage in bettiug. It is played 



