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Plate XXXIII 
British Columbia Coast 
Pictures on Rock 
Figure 1. Picture representing the sea monster, Xa'kin, and a number of small faces, 
battered in stone on the beach at Fort Rupert, northern Vancouver island, B.C. 
Possibly modern, Kwakiutl, Wakashan Indian area. Made, according to the 
Indians, “before animals were turned into men". After Plate 24, Boas, Social, 1897, 
from a photograph. 
Figure 2. Picture representing a series of faces pecked in stone on the beach at Fort 
Rupert, northern Vancouver island, B.C. Possibly modern. Kwakiutl, Wakashan 
Indian area. Made, according to the Indians, “before animals were turned into 
men.” After Plate 26, Boas, Social, 1897, from a photograph. 
Figure 3. Picture on rock near Nanaimo, B.C. Salish Indian area; A natural size. After 
Figure 117c, Smith, Gulf of Georgia, 1907. This type of art has been found only on 
southern Vancouver island. 
Figure 4. Picture on rock near Nanaimo, B.C. Salish Indian area; ^ natural size. After 
Plate XI and Figure 2, Plate XII, Smith, Gulf of Georgia, 1907. Also illustrated, 
except left lower figure, in American Museum report, 1898; and Newcombe, Petro- 
glyphs, 1907. Cast of upper part in American Museum of Natural History. Dupli- 
cate casts, Cat. No. XI I-B-l in Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa, Canada, and in 
Provincial Museum, Victoria. Also illustrated in lantern slide, Cat. No. 1175 H.I.S., 
from negative, Cat. No. 1415 American Museum; and casts, Cat. Nos. 16-7289 and 
16-5746. Left lower figure illustrated in lantern slide, Cat. No. 1174 H.I.S., from 
negative, Cat. No. 1414 American Museum. This type of art has been found only 
on southern Vancouver island. 
