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HALL 12. 
NORTH PACIFIC COAST. 
On the West Side of the hall is a model of a portion of 
the village of Skidegate, arranged on a platform. This model 
presents the characteristic features of the villages of the Haida 
Indians who inhabit Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. 
The carved columns in front of the houses represent the crests of 
the house owners. The large isolated columns in front of the 
house are erected in memory of deceased relatives or friends. 
The posts having a large carved board attached to their tops are 
graves, the bodies being deposited behind the carved board on 
the top of the column. 
Cases 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 contain various articles ob- 
tained from the Haida, Tsimshian and other tribes of Northern 
British Columbia and Southern Alaska. Attention may be called 
to the numerous ceremonial objects made of cedar bark and worn 
or used in the dances of secret societies ; to the carved wooden 
rattles and particularly the large wooden whistles and trumpets 
which are supposed to imitate the voices of spirits. 
Case 6. — Miscellaneous articles from the Northwest Coast 
Tribes. 
Cases 7 and 8 are filled with various utensils, ornaments 
and ceremonial objects obtained from the Belacoola Indians of 
British Columbia. 
Case 9. — The southern portion of the case contains a collec- 
tion from the Haida Indians of Queen Charlotte Islands. The 
northern portion of the case contains specimens collected among 
the Tsimshian Indians of British Columbia. 
Cases lO and 11. — These cases are filled with an inter- 
esting series of masks and other articles obtained from the Bela- 
coola Indians of British Columbia. The center of case lo is taken 
up by portions of a large mask representing a winged dog, the 
fabulous ancestor of one of the tribes in the interior of the country. 
No. 14. — On the pedestal at the north end of the hall are 
models of a Haida house, and a chief’s grave ; the latter is in the 
form of a house, the custom being to place the coffin on the inside. 
At the south end on a pedestal are models of three houses of the 
Belacoola Indians, and on the opposite side of the doorway is a 
series of models of heraldic columns from various parts of the 
Pacific Coast. 
