. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . , Plate vi, is an ironhair-pin from Fort Wrangell, Alaska (Tlingit.) Itis inlaid with haliotis and highly polished. Fig. 11, Plate VI, is an iron tchene highly polished and inlaid with haliotis shell. It is worn by young girls as an ornament in the hair. This specimen is from the Nass Indians (Tsimshian), but they are also found amongst the Tlingit and Haida, and were formerly valued at from one to two slaves. Eed is the favorite color for cloth or ribbon used by the women for dressing their hair, as described previously.
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . , Plate vi, is an ironhair-pin from Fort Wrangell, Alaska (Tlingit.) Itis inlaid with haliotis and highly polished. Fig. 11, Plate VI, is an iron tchene highly polished and inlaid with haliotis shell. It is worn by young girls as an ornament in the hair. This specimen is from the Nass Indians (Tsimshian), but they are also found amongst the Tlingit and Haida, and were formerly valued at from one to two slaves. Eed is the favorite color for cloth or ribbon used by the women for dressing their hair, as described —Fig. 22, Plate vii, is a necklace of red beads and denta- lium shell strung alternately and further ornamented with a squarepiece of abalone shell pendent. This specimen is from Masset, BritishColumbia (Haida), as is also that shown in Fig. 9, Plate vi, which is madeof twisted copper wire and is of a very primitive type. Fig. 10 is thesame kind as that shown in Fig. 9, but it has been oxidized by the heatand looks somewhat like iron wire instead of Fig. Ornament (Tlingit. Emmons Coltion.) Fig. Ornament. mons Collec- (Tlingitand Hiiitk. Ition.)
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