26, 24, 20,17 
29,25 
FIRST FLOOR, HALL 108. 
Cases C, D AND 3. 
Tue 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 realistic 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 corner, 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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