. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . y of two quarts. This is used in the ceremoniesattending the initiation of young men intothe responsibilities ofrank, when the novice must publicly drink to the last drop the contentsof the bowl consisting of fish oil, without removing the spoon fromhis lips. The exact nature of this ceremony is not understood by thewriter, but this use for such a large spoon has been explained to himby several people well versed in Haida customs. Fig. 201, PlateXXXIX, represents a carved wooden oil ladle or spoon. Household boxes or ches
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . y of two quarts. This is used in the ceremoniesattending the initiation of young men intothe responsibilities ofrank, when the novice must publicly drink to the last drop the contentsof the bowl consisting of fish oil, without removing the spoon fromhis lips. The exact nature of this ceremony is not understood by thewriter, but this use for such a large spoon has been explained to himby several people well versed in Haida customs. Fig. 201, PlateXXXIX, represents a carved wooden oil ladle or spoon. Household boxes or chests.—These are for the stowage or packingawayof ceremonial paraphernalia and the goods and chattels of the vary in size and shape, as shown in Plate li. The oblong chests are simply great wooden boxes with heavy bottomsand peculiarly shaped lids. The sides of these are made either in twoor in four pieces. When made in two pieces a thin wide piece of cedaris bent at right angles by means of hot water, forming a side and an end, EXPLANATION OF PLATE Horn and Whalebone Spoons and Dishes from the Northwest Coast. Fig. 210. Sheep-horn Spoon. Handle of goat horn; totemic design: The killerwhale and the owl. Cat. No. 89173, U. S. N. M. Skidegate, BritishColumbia. Collected by James G. Swan. Fig. 312. Horn Spoon. Totemic designs: The bear and the hunter. and above, The raven and the man. Cat. No. 89174, U. S. N. M. Skidegate,British Columbia. Collected by James G. Swan. Fig. 213. Horn Spoon. Totemic designs: The bear and the hunter, and Themountain demon and the frog. Cat. No. 891655, U. S. N. -M. Skide-gate, British Columbia. Collected by James G. Swan. Fig. 214. Horn Spoon. Both parts of goats horn. Cat. No. 88710, U. S. N. , Britisli Columbia. Collected by James G. Swan. Fig. 215. Sheep-horn Dish. Style of carving resembles that of Eskimo. No num-ber. Sitka, Alaska. Fig. 216. Sheep-horn Bowl. Less artistic than those of the Haida. Cat. , U. S. N
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