. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . EXPLANATION OF PLATE Slave-killers from the Northwest Coast; formerly used in dispatching Slaves. Carved to represent the beak of a raven. Cat. No. 127173,Tlingit Indians, Alaska. Collected by E. B. Webster, U. Fig. 257. Made of bone. U. S. N. M. S. 258. Of wood; ornamented with a carved head and human hair. Cat. No. 73831, U. S. N. M. Tlingit Indians, Alaska. Collected by Lieut. T. Dix Bolles, U. S. , 259. (Seisher or Sitzee, Haida). Wooden head; steel point. Ornamented with human hair. Cat. No.
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . EXPLANATION OF PLATE Slave-killers from the Northwest Coast; formerly used in dispatching Slaves. Carved to represent the beak of a raven. Cat. No. 127173,Tlingit Indians, Alaska. Collected by E. B. Webster, U. Fig. 257. Made of bone. U. S. N. M. S. 258. Of wood; ornamented with a carved head and human hair. Cat. No. 73831, U. S. N. M. Tlingit Indians, Alaska. Collected by Lieut. T. Dix Bolles, U. S. , 259. (Seisher or Sitzee, Haida). Wooden head; steel point. Ornamented with human hair. Cat. No. 74768, U. S. N. M. Haida Indians, Queen Cliarlotte Islands, British Columbia. Collected by James G. 260. Made from Elk antler, carved in totemic design, an 1 armed with a sharp stone point. Cat. No. 74500, U. S. N. M. Tlingit Indians, Alaska. Collected by James G. 261. (Sitzee). Made from a deer antler, and carved to represent the head of Tlkoh, the crane; the handle represents a bears paw. Cat. No. 88701, U. S. N. M. Kaigani village of Howkan, Alaska. Collected by James G. S
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