. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. THE KWAKIUTL INDIANS. 62;] After finislnng his songs lie steps out of tlie door and calls all people, the (Jue'tEla first, then the Q'o'moyue, Walas , and Q^o mk-utis, m the order of their rank. He informs them the spirit of the Lao'laxa has come to his house, and requests themto^^^ash and to. Fiy. 192. 'LAXA MASK REPRESEN'JINU THE DEER a, n, ; I, bone of of the deer, carried in the hands of


. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. THE KWAKIUTL INDIANS. 62;] After finislnng his songs lie steps out of tlie door and calls all people, the (Jue'tEla first, then the Q'o'moyue, Walas , and Q^o mk-utis, m the order of their rank. He informs them the spirit of the Lao'laxa has come to his house, and requests themto^^^ash and to. Fiy. 192. 'LAXA MASK REPRESEN'JINU THE DEER a, n, ; I, bone of of the deer, carried in the hands of the ; ., n,ask opened .showing lignre of a human face. Length, 16 inches. Width, 13 n A, No. sai, Etl, Masmun, Herlin. Collect,-.! I,y A. .':i,-obseii. keep clean. At the same time he invites all the young men to come to his house and smg. Then the young men enter the house sing, and some of them dance, one after another. After the dance a, feast is given by the Lao'laxa dancer, ^yho distributes about one hundred NAT MUS ;) 10. 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. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution


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