. The coast Indians of southern Alaska and northern British Columbia. Indians of North America; Indians of North America. EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXXII a_Q__Q ^. m Drag and Dip Nets; Paddles; Details of Netting and Basket Weaving. Fig. 162. Dra(}-net or Seine. Woven from twisted thread of cedar-bark fiber, with roping of same material. The details of the knots are shown in Fig. US'lct. The wooden float (I is on the end of the drag-line. The wooden floats on the head of the net are flat pieces of w^ood spaced about 8 feet apart. The sinkers at the foot are black pebbles or stones lashed in a circu
. The coast Indians of southern Alaska and northern British Columbia. Indians of North America; Indians of North America. EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXXII a_Q__Q ^. m Drag and Dip Nets; Paddles; Details of Netting and Basket Weaving. Fig. 162. Dra(}-net or Seine. Woven from twisted thread of cedar-bark fiber, with roping of same material. The details of the knots are shown in Fig. US'lct. The wooden float (I is on the end of the drag-line. The wooden floats on the head of the net are flat pieces of w^ood spaced about 8 feet apart. The sinkers at the foot are black pebbles or stones lashed in a circular wooden hoop and si)aced from 8 to 10 inches apart. Length of net. 52 feet; depth. 64 inches. Cat. No. 89203. U. S. N. M. Haida Indians, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Collected by James G. Swan. Fig. 163. Dip-net. Triangular in shape, with frame of forked branches of tree with two cross pieces. The details of tlie netting are shown in Fig. 163?). Cat. No. 89209. U. S. N. M. Haida Indians, Queen Clmrlotte Islands, British Columbia. Collected l)y James G. Swan. Fig. 164. Dip-net. Of cedar-bark fiber: oval frame. Used to catch echini. Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Collected by James G. Swan. Fig. 165 (a, 6. and c). Paddles of the Haida and Tlingit; painted in totemic de- sign. Fig. 1656 represents the type of steering-paddle, while a and c are the ordinary tyj)e. Fig. 166. Paddle. General type of Puget Sound and South Coast Indian paddle. Fig. 167. Paddle. New Zealand. Painted in a design similar to the totemic orna- mentation of this region. Fig. 168. Basket Weaving. (From Plate XIV. Fig. 25?>. Smithsonian Report. 1884. Aboriginal basket-making. Prof. O. T. Mason). Makah Indians, Neah Bay, Washington. Collected by James G. 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 N
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