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Alcove 93.— The floor is occupied by two models of wooden 
houses of the northwest coast tribes. Against the walls are nu- 
merous examples of the remarkable carved posts of the northwest 
coast tribes. Occupying the center of the west side are two 
carved and painted house posts of the Kwakiutl Indians, the fig- 
ures representing personages connected with the myth of the clan. 
The lower figures represent fabulous beings; the small heads on 
the south post represent slaves which were given in payment for 
the carvings. Across the top of these posts rests the beam which 
supports one end of the main roof beam of the house; the other 
end rests on a post placed at the back of the house and seen 
against the western portion of the south wall. On the sides of 
the west wall are two smaller posts from the interior of a 
Belacoola house. In the middle of the east wall is a large heraldic 
column from Belacoola, representing a grizzly bear; on each side, 
house posts from Nanaimo, British Columbia. The northern one 
represents a man holding a goose; the southern one represents a 
fabulous xoalxol. At the back on the east side is a heraldic col- 
umn forming the entrance to a Belacoola house. 
Alcove 94.— The prow of a canoe of the Haida Indians 
ornamented with totemic figures is set against the wall. Model 
of the great serpent mound, Adams County, Ohio. 
