. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . Modern Tlingit Graves, Alaska. From photographs and sketches by the author. Fig. 346. Shamans Grave. Of the general type found amongst the Tlingit. Fig. 347. Grave of Chief Shustocks. On Shustocks Point, opposite the villageof Wrangell. The pole is surmounted by the carved figure of a blackbear. Fig. 348. Northern Tlingit Dead-house. Containing the carved and orna-mented boxes in which are deposited the cremated ashes of the a sketch made by the writer, Sitka, Alaska. Fig. 349. Grave of Indian Chief. Surm ounted

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. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . Modern Tlingit Graves, Alaska. From photographs and sketches by the author. Fig. 346. Shamans Grave. Of the general type found amongst the Tlingit. Fig. 347. Grave of Chief Shustocks. On Shustocks Point, opposite the villageof Wrangell. The pole is surmounted by the carved figure of a blackbear. Fig. 348. Northern Tlingit Dead-house. Containing the carved and orna-mented boxes in which are deposited the cremated ashes of the a sketch made by the writer, Sitka, Alaska. Fig. 349. Grave of Indian Chief. Surm ounted by the carved wooden figure ofa wolf, indicating the totem of the deceased. Fort Wrangell, Alaska. Report of National Museum, 1 888.—Niblack. Plate

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