. Bulletin. Ethnology. Drucker] THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NOOTKAN TRIBES 105 bark was used to tie the straps across the chest to steady the load (fig. 15). Meat, such as that of deer or elk, was commonly butchered out off the bones and rolled up in the hide (or pieces of the hide in the case of an elk). Armholes were cut in the hide, and the shoulder straps thus formed were caught with a thong or strip of bark across the chest, like those of the cedar-bark pack. Blanlvets, when transported in quantities, as for instance for mar- riage payments, or the gifts a chief took home from a potiatch, we
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Drucker] THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NOOTKAN TRIBES 105 bark was used to tie the straps across the chest to steady the load (fig. 15). Meat, such as that of deer or elk, was commonly butchered out off the bones and rolled up in the hide (or pieces of the hide in the case of an elk). Armholes were cut in the hide, and the shoulder straps thus formed were caught with a thong or strip of bark across the chest, like those of the cedar-bark pack. Blanlvets, when transported in quantities, as for instance for mar- riage payments, or the gifts a chief took home from a potiatch, were. Figure 15.—Method of preparing and of carrying pack of cedar bark. baled up in cedar-bark mats. Ordinarily these bales were carried to and from the canoes in the arms, but if there was a long portage, they would be packed with tumplines. Small bundles ordinarily were tucked under the arm for carrying. The checkerwork ditty bags, in which were carried small valuables, or various useful oddments, or a hunk of dried salmon one took for "lunch" on a trip into the woods, were transported thus, or tucked into the overlap of one's blanket over the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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