. Bulletin. Ethnology. BULL. 30] MORZHOVOI MOSAIC 947 shaped mortuary houses, or box-shaped wooden receptacles raised on posts, on the ground, or occasionally in trees, and some- times in caves, though cremation, except of. BURIAL HOUSES, NORTHWEST COAST TRIBES. (yarrow) the shamans, was formerly common in this section. The bodies of shamans w'ere placed in small rectangular houses built up of poles; the bones of children were sometimes suspended in baskets. Another method of disposing of the dead is that known as canoe burial, the bodies l)eing deposited in canoes which were placed on posts o
. Bulletin. Ethnology. BULL. 30] MORZHOVOI MOSAIC 947 shaped mortuary houses, or box-shaped wooden receptacles raised on posts, on the ground, or occasionally in trees, and some- times in caves, though cremation, except of. BURIAL HOUSES, NORTHWEST COAST TRIBES. (yarrow) the shamans, was formerly common in this section. The bodies of shamans w'ere placed in small rectangular houses built up of poles; the bones of children were sometimes suspended in baskets. Another method of disposing of the dead is that known as canoe burial, the bodies l)eing deposited in canoes which were placed on posts or in the forks of trees. This. 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 Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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