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GRINNELL 



EAGLE BEAR 



INSIDE OR ROOF-POST TOTEM POLES, CAPE FOX. 



TOTEM POLE, WRANGELL. 



split from the tail to the nose along 

 the middle line, and the two halves 

 painted one on either side of the 

 front of the house, so that the two 

 halves of the nose met above the 

 door. The ear on either side pro- 

 truded above the sloping roof line. 

 The ornamentation is by no 

 means confined to the exteriors of 

 the houses. In some cases the roof 

 posts, or uprights supporting the 

 enormous rafters which uphold the 

 roof on either side of the house 

 are highly carved and painted, and 

 at times other carvings, usually also 

 painted, are set up in different parts 

 of the building. Most of the totem 

 poles seen by tourists visiting 

 Alaska are at Wrangell. Several 

 of these are shown in the accom- 

 panying illustrations. In the houses 



