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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 pre- 
sents the characteristic features of the villages of the Haida In- 
dians who inhabit Queen Charlotte Island, British Columbia. 
The carved columns attached to the front of the houses represent 
the crests of the house owners. The large isolated columns in 
front of the houses are erected in memory of deceased relatives or 
friends. The posts having a large carved board attached to their 
tops are for burials, the bodies being deposited behind the carved 
board on the top of the columns. 
Cases 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. — Various articles obtained 
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 rat- 
tles and particularly the large wooden whistles and trumpets which 
are supposed to imitate the voices of spirits. 
Case 6,— Bark and other textile materials and textile appli- 
ances from the Northwest Coast tribes. 
Cases 7 and 8 . — Various utensils, ornaments and cere- 
monial 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. 
Case 10 and 11 — An interesting series of masks and other 
articles obtained from the Belacoola Indians of British Columbia. 
The center of Case io is taken up by portions of a large mask rep- 
resenting 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 tomb; 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. 
