Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . Fig. 60 TSIMSHIAN MYTHOLOGY [BTH. ANN. 31 tight baskets and hats are woven of twined spruce-root work (fig. 10;see also illustrations of such basketry in Emmons 1). To a certainextent spruce-root basketry takes the place of the small boxes whichare exclusively used on the southern part of the coast for carryingwater. Baskets made of woven cedar bark are largely used for stor-age of provisions, for keeping blankets, for box covers, for holdingspoons, and for beiTying. For fishmg, hooks and harpoo
Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . Fig. 60 TSIMSHIAN MYTHOLOGY [BTH. ANN. 31 tight baskets and hats are woven of twined spruce-root work (fig. 10;see also illustrations of such basketry in Emmons 1). To a certainextent spruce-root basketry takes the place of the small boxes whichare exclusively used on the southern part of the coast for carryingwater. Baskets made of woven cedar bark are largely used for stor-age of provisions, for keeping blankets, for box covers, for holdingspoons, and for beiTying. For fishmg, hooks and harpoons are employed. For halibut fishiaga tackle is used with a crosspiece made of a light twig, to each end ofwhich a hook is tied (fig. 11). After the fish is landed it is killed. Fig. 0. a. Box made of bent wood. 6, Front of box. with a carved club (fig. 12). A great variety of forms of fish trapsare found, in which large quantities of salmon are secured durmg thesummci- months. Traps are also used for secm-mg land game. Smallfur-bearing animals, as well as larger game, as bears and deer, aretrapped in this manner. The bow (fig. 13) is of simple construction. It is made of a singlepiece of yew wood, with slightly curved back, flat belly, and narrow,round giip. The arrows are carried in a wooden quiver. Arrowswith detachable heads were used for hunting sea otter, while landgame was hunted with aiTows having bone points. BOAS] BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE TSIMSHIAN 51
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