. Bulletin. Ethnology. HOUSEHOLD CHESTS WITH CARVED AND PAINTED DESIGNS; HAIDA; 1-18. < NIBLACk) and the Sioux made plume boxes of wood. Objects and materials that could be injured l)y crushing or by damp- ness usually required a box, the most widespread use of which was for the stor- ing of feathers. The Plains tribes and some others made parfleches, or cases of rawhide, almost as rigid as a wooden box, for headdresses, arrows, etc.; the Pima, Papago, and 3Iohave made basket cases for feathers; and the Pueblos employed a WOODEN BOX FOR FEATHERS; HOPI; 1-15. ( J. STEVENSON ^ box, usually ex
. Bulletin. Ethnology. HOUSEHOLD CHESTS WITH CARVED AND PAINTED DESIGNS; HAIDA; 1-18. < NIBLACk) and the Sioux made plume boxes of wood. Objects and materials that could be injured l)y crushing or by damp- ness usually required a box, the most widespread use of which was for the stor- ing of feathers. The Plains tribes and some others made parfleches, or cases of rawhide, almost as rigid as a wooden box, for headdresses, arrows, etc.; the Pima, Papago, and 3Iohave made basket cases for feathers; and the Pueblos employed a WOODEN BOX FOR FEATHERS; HOPI; 1-15. ( J. STEVENSON ^ box, usually excavated from a single piece of Cottonwood, solely for holding the feathers used in ceremonies. The Yurok of California made a cylindrical wooden box in two sections for storing valuables. The eastern woodland tribes made boxes of birch Ijark. The N. W. coast tribes as far s. as Washington made large chests of wood for storing food, clothing,etc.; for cooking, for rip- ening salmon eggs, for the interment of the dead, for drums and other uses, and these were usually decorated with carving or painting, or both. These tribes also made long boxes as quivers for arrows, but smaller boxes were not so common among them as among the Es- kimo. Consult Boas, Decorative Art of the Indians of the North Pacific Coast, Bull. Am. Mus. Xat. Hist., ix, no. 10, 1897; Kroeber in Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XVIII, pt. 1, 1902; Nelson, Eskimo about Bering Strait, 18th Rep. B. A. E., 1899; Niblack, Coast Indians, Rep. Nat.'Mus. 1888, 1890; Stevenson in 2d Rep. B. A. E., 1883; Swan, Indians of Cape Flattery, Smithson. Cont., xvi, 1870; Swanton in :\[em. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., v, pt. 1, 1905. See Bags and pouches, Basketry, Farjieche, Receptacles, Wood-work, etc. (w. h.) Brain. See Anatomij. Brant, Joseph. See Thayendanegea. Breastworks. See Fortifications. Breche-dent. See Broken Tooth. Breech-cloth. See Child life, Clothing. Bridge Kiver Indians. A band of Upper Lillooet occupying the village of Kanlax
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