. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . arture fromcremation to inhumation, or aerial sepulture, in imitation of the formercustoin of thus depositing the cremated remains. At Kasa-an, Princeof Wales Island. Alaska. Fig. 342. Kaigani Mortuary Columns (aerial sepulture), supporting a box con-taining the body of the dead. At the partially abandoned village ofKaigani, Dall Island, Alaska. Fig. 343. Same as Fig. 340, but sliohtly different in form. Fig. 344. Haida Commemorative Column, with sign-board-like attachment at thetop. This is imitation of the style of post
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . arture fromcremation to inhumation, or aerial sepulture, in imitation of the formercustoin of thus depositing the cremated remains. At Kasa-an, Princeof Wales Island. Alaska. Fig. 342. Kaigani Mortuary Columns (aerial sepulture), supporting a box con-taining the body of the dead. At the partially abandoned village ofKaigani, Dall Island, Alaska. Fig. 343. Same as Fig. 340, but sliohtly different in form. Fig. 344. Haida Commemorative Column, with sign-board-like attachment at thetop. This is imitation of the style of post shown in Fig. 341, and assvich is a survival of, or emblematic of, the former custom of crema-tion. This style of post is erected in front of the hoise of the deceased,while the body is deposited at some distance from it. It is erected tocommemorate the dead, as explained in Chapter VII. Fig. 345. Haida Commemorative Column, of same type as Fig. 344, but with twocolumns, in imitation of the type shown in Fig. 343. Report of National Museum, Plate Haida Mortuary and Commemorative Columns. EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXV,
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