. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. TLINKIT SHAMAN'S HEADDRESS neither the customs nor the dresses are often seen by the whites. Through the great kindness of Lieutenant Em- mons of the Navy, we were enabled to visit one or two of the prin- cipal men, and see ob- jects, such as elabor- ate dancing masks, sha- man's hats, Chilkat blankets, and other things rarely exposed to the common eye. While at Sitka we learned that many of the Indians were absent at Yakutat Bay, where they were catching the hair seals, whose oil throughout the year furnishes an important part of their sub
. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. TLINKIT SHAMAN'S HEADDRESS neither the customs nor the dresses are often seen by the whites. Through the great kindness of Lieutenant Em- mons of the Navy, we were enabled to visit one or two of the prin- cipal men, and see ob- jects, such as elabor- ate dancing masks, sha- man's hats, Chilkat blankets, and other things rarely exposed to the common eye. While at Sitka we learned that many of the Indians were absent at Yakutat Bay, where they were catching the hair seals, whose oil throughout the year furnishes an important part of their subsistence. On reaching Yakutat Bay we found three camps of Indians all engaged in the hair seal fishery. The three camps were thought to represent Indians from different localities, Juneau, Yakutat, and Sitka. They were camped on the grav- elly beach, just above high water, and for the most part occupied ordinary can- vas wall-tents, though some few lived in the square bark-covered shelters which in ancient times were their summer homes. These shel- ters consist of a square frame of poles, loosely covered by strips of spruce bark, from a foot to eighteen inches. TLINKIT SHAMANS Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909; Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942; Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington, D. C. ). New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
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