FIRST FLOOR, HALL io8. 



Cases C, D and 3. 



The Coast Tribes of Alaska and British Columbia. — 

 These tribes use throughout animal forms for purposes of decora- 

 tion. Some of their masks show that they have the power of 

 producing good reaHstic representations of human and animal 

 forms (Case C 12) ; but more frequently the characteristic forms 

 of the animal to be represented are exaggerated in size, as, for 

 instance, the beak of the hawk and the incisors of the beaver. 



Sometimes the characteristic feature is represented alone, and 

 thus becomes the symbol of the animal. In Case 3 c the symbols 

 of several animals are exhibited. The beaver, which is shown in 

 the upper right-hand comer, is characterized by two large in- 

 cisors, by a broad tail on which scales are indicated by means of 

 hachure and sometimes by the stick which it holds in its paws. 

 The killer-whale is symbolized by its long dorsal fin; the shark 

 or dog-fish, by its long, pointed snout, which is represented as 

 rising over its forehead, by its large mouth with depressed corners 

 and many teeth and by the gill-lines which appear on its cheeks. 

 The sculpin is symbolized by spines which rise over its mouth; 

 the eagle, by its crooked beak ; the squid, by the suckers which 



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