. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . EXPLANATION OF PLATE III. View of the Western Part of Kasa-an Village, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. From photographs by the author. The lower view is the extreme left of Plate I enlarged, and joins on to the left ofthe upper view. Both together represent the grave-yard of the village of Kasa-an. Report of National Museum, 1888.—Niblack. Plate THE INDIANS OF THE NORTHWEST COAST. 237 The habit of plucking the hair from the face and body obtains amongthe younger men, but the older ones suffer it to grow and wear a s
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . EXPLANATION OF PLATE III. View of the Western Part of Kasa-an Village, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. From photographs by the author. The lower view is the extreme left of Plate I enlarged, and joins on to the left ofthe upper view. Both together represent the grave-yard of the village of Kasa-an. Report of National Museum, 1888.—Niblack. Plate THE INDIANS OF THE NORTHWEST COAST. 237 The habit of plucking the hair from the face and body obtains amongthe younger men, but the older ones suffer it to grow and wear a scantybeard and mustache, never however attaining any considerable the latter, also, long years of service in canoes has impairedtheir powers of locomotion and misshapen their legs, rendering themdecidedly awkward on shore. This, by comparison, gives the body along and large appearance. The head appears unusually large, dueboth to a real disproportion and to the mass of bushy hair and the highcheek-bones of the men. Their noses are less flat and fleshy than thoseof the Indians to the south. The teeth are white and fine, but in oldage are much discolored and worn. The wearing down of the teethcomes from eating dried salmon on which sand and grit have been blownduring the process of drying. The hands and feet are small and wellshaped, especially amongst the women. As they all go barefooted agreater part
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