. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. ISO GRINNELL except by one who has made the subject a study, while still others represent mythical and sacred personages. Certain rayed masks, not unlike the one shown on page 149, are re- garded as sun masks. Masks are often ornamented with fringes of hair, down, cedar bark, or quills; others are in- laid with pieces of abalone shell or bits of ivory. Those representing the heads of huge birds are sometimes so arranged that by pulling certain strings the bills may be rapidly opened and shut so as to make a clattering sound. Masks of anothe
. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. ISO GRINNELL except by one who has made the subject a study, while still others represent mythical and sacred personages. Certain rayed masks, not unlike the one shown on page 149, are re- garded as sun masks. Masks are often ornamented with fringes of hair, down, cedar bark, or quills; others are in- laid with pieces of abalone shell or bits of ivory. Those representing the heads of huge birds are sometimes so arranged that by pulling certain strings the bills may be rapidly opened and shut so as to make a clattering sound. Masks of another class are double. The outer portion is divided vertically—and sometimes horizontally — in two or four pieces, which are hinged to the solid inner piece. These outer pieces, when strings are pulled, fly apart and outward and reveal another face within. Of the two faces the outer one may be that of an animal and the inner of a man. The most common form of animal mask represents the eagle, raven, puffin, hawk, bear, wolf, or deer. To the left on page 149 is a puffin mask. At a little distance from the village, usu- ally overlooking the water, sometimes on a steep side hill, or on a little point which forms the side of a bay, are the graves of. INDIAN GRAVE AT 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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