Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . Fig. 9. Ccchir-bark furs for making theii blankets, while the poor used marmot ceremonial occasions—that is, at festivals and potlatches—the noASl BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE TSIMSHIAN 53 leaders dressed much more elahorately. A painted or embroideredapron (fig. 17) and leggings (figs. 16, IS) decorated in the same mannerwere added to the blanket. The Tsimshian and Tlingit also woreornamental blankets of mountain-goat wool. Aprons and leggingswere made of similar material. The ajiron
Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . Fig. 9. Ccchir-bark furs for making theii blankets, while the poor used marmot ceremonial occasions—that is, at festivals and potlatches—the noASl BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE TSIMSHIAN 53 leaders dressed much more elahorately. A painted or embroideredapron (fig. 17) and leggings (figs. 16, IS) decorated in the same mannerwere added to the blanket. The Tsimshian and Tlingit also woreornamental blankets of mountain-goat wool. Aprons and leggingswere made of similar material. The ajironand leggings seem to have been parts of theceremonial costume worn at dances ratherthan ordinary dress. The children of the nobility were tat-tooed on the back of the hands and on thechest with designs representing helix of the ear was perforated foiu*times; and large ear-ornaments made oflong tassels of wool, with square pieces ofabalone shell attached to them, were wornpendant from these perforations. Teeth ofthe killer whale were also worn as ear-ornaments. The septum of the nose wasperforated, and
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