Identifier: annualreportofbo1888smiths (find matches)
Title: Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution
Year: 1846 (1840s)
Authors: Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents United States National Museum. Report of the U.S. National Museum Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary
Subjects: Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution. Archives Discoveries in science
Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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slands, British Columbia. Fig, 273. Household Chest. With sides made from two pieces of wide, thincedar wood; bent at right angles and pegged together at diagonally op-posite corners. The bottom and top are made of oblong slabs of woodneatly dressed down, the bottom being pegged to the sides and ends. Fig. 274. Ceremonial Spoon. Of wood, with handle carved to represent the orcaholding the bowl in his mouth. This is used in the ceremonies attend-ing a Haida youths attainment of majority, when he is required todrink down the contents of the spoon, consisting of about two quartsof fish-oil. Fig. 275. Carved Slate Figure. Commemorating a legend relating the prowessof a certain Indian shaman, who is said to have raised two Indians fromthe dead at Skidegate, Queen Charlotte Islands. Fig. 280. Haida Pictograph. Representing Skana, the orca or whale-killer. (SeeChapter VII.) From a photograph of a drawing in the possession ofJames G. Swan. Report of National Museum, 1888.—Niblack. Plate Lf.
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Chests, Carvings, etc., from the Northwest Coast. EXPLANATION OF PLATE Lll. 281 283 282 284 285 Haida Legendary Drawings or Pictographs. From illustrations in the West Slnore (August, 1884), nriade by Johnnie Kit-Elswa, a Haida Indian. Pig. 281. Represents the legend of the raven and the fisherman as related in Chap-ter VII, page 323. Fig. 282. Represents Koong, the moon, and Ecthlinga, the man, and relates to thestory of how the man came in the moon. The legend, as related onpage 323, seems also to refer to the difference recognized by some be-tween a wet and a dry moon. Fig. 283. Represents the raven (Hooyeh) in the belly of the whale (Koone). (Seepage 323.) Fig. 284. Represents Hooyeh, the mischievous raven that possesses the power ofchanging itself into countless forms, and which has, from the creationof the world, been the benefactor and helper of mankind. (Page 324.) Fig. 285. Represents Tkul, the wind spirit, and the cirrus clouds, explaining theIndian belief in the causes of t

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