TJLINKIT BASKETS 



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for if the wood of the canoe should become dry and heated 

 it would warp and crack. 



The canoes used by the Indians of Koluschan stock are 

 not commonly carved as are those of the Indians of north- 

 ern British Columbia, but this is not because these Indians 

 are not skillful carvers. In the totem poles and in the 

 ornamentation of their houses and of many of their imple- 

 ments and utensils we 

 have good evidence of 

 the high artistic talent 

 of these Indians. They 

 are expert weavers, and 

 make blankets 

 from yarn that - 

 is twisted from 

 the fleece of the white goat. They also make mats of 

 great beauty, hats from the inner bark of the cedar, and 

 baskets from cedar bark or from roots, which are abso- 

 lutely water tight. In ancient times they cooked their 



TLINKIT BOX, CARVED AND PAINTED. 



TLINKIT BASKETS. 



food in such baskets, boiling the meat or fish in the water 

 which they held, made hot by the introduction of red-hot 

 stones. Ropes and lines are twisted from the bark of the 

 cedar and are still used for many purposes. Their bas- 

 kets, oil boxes, ceremonial blankets and clothing are, as is 



