. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . (Cat. No. ;60, U. S. N. M. Chilkat Indians, Alaska. Collected by Dr. J. B. White, U. S. A.) Plate XXXVII, represents a general type*of both Haida and Tlingitopen-work twined basket, the details of the twine weaving being shownin b of the same plate. This is reproduced from Professor O. T. Masonsarticle on ^ Aboriginal Basket-work already referred to. Dishes.—In nothing more than in their wooden and horn dishes havethese Indians been conservative. Portlock and Dixon (1787), Marchand(1791), and Lisiansky (1805), all d
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . (Cat. No. ;60, U. S. N. M. Chilkat Indians, Alaska. Collected by Dr. J. B. White, U. S. A.) Plate XXXVII, represents a general type*of both Haida and Tlingitopen-work twined basket, the details of the twine weaving being shownin b of the same plate. This is reproduced from Professor O. T. Masonsarticle on ^ Aboriginal Basket-work already referred to. Dishes.—In nothing more than in their wooden and horn dishes havethese Indians been conservative. Portlock and Dixon (1787), Marchand(1791), and Lisiansky (1805), all describe the same types of householdutensils as are found to-day in this region. A few of the general va-rieties of wooden dishes are shown in Plates xxxviii, xxxix, and are usually carved from blocks of spruce wood, ornamented withrows of shells, and have in more or less elaborate detail the totem ofthe owner etched or carved upon them. Often the carving representssome legend of the coast j again, a mythical animal. With regard EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXXVIII,. Tlingit Ceremonial and Household Food-dishes. Fig. 191. Feast Dish. A deep wooden trough used by the chiefs in the feasts ac-companying their numerous ceremonials. Tlie edge is inlaid with adouble row of opercula and the ends faintly etched and painted in atotemic design in red and black. Cat. No. 60158, U. S. N. M. TlingitIndians, Sitka, Alaska. Collected by John J. , 193. Feast Dish. Flat, shallow vessel of same character and locality asabove. These are the extremes of feast dishes in depth, style of orna-mentation, and shape. Tlie carved figure on each end represents theeagle. These two types are found also amongst the Haida and Tsim-shian. Cat. No. 60167, U. S. N. M. Sitka, Alaska. Collected by JohnJ. Dishes. Fig. 193, Cat. No. 74401; Fig. 194, Cat. No. 74425; 195, 74402; Fig. 196, Cat. No. 74414; Fig. 197, Cat. No. 74412. All from Tlingit In-dians, Alaska. Collected by Joh
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