. The coast Indians of southern Alaska and northern British Columbia. Indians of North America; Indians of North America. EXPLANATION OF PLATE Details of Haida House Construction, with Types of Fronts found elsewhere on THE Northwest Coast. From drawings, photographs, and sketches. Fig. 173. Ornamented front i^ainted to represent the eagle totem of a chief at Port Simpson. British ("ohimhia (Tsijosliian). Fig. 174. Ornamented front. paint<'d to re])resent the wolf totem. Fort Tongass, Alaska (Thngit). Fig. 175. Ancient form of Tlingit oi-namented front, fi'oni a painting in the
. The coast Indians of southern Alaska and northern British Columbia. Indians of North America; Indians of North America. EXPLANATION OF PLATE Details of Haida House Construction, with Types of Fronts found elsewhere on THE Northwest Coast. From drawings, photographs, and sketches. Fig. 173. Ornamented front i^ainted to represent the eagle totem of a chief at Port Simpson. British ("ohimhia (Tsijosliian). Fig. 174. Ornamented front. paint<'d to re])resent the wolf totem. Fort Tongass, Alaska (Thngit). Fig. 175. Ancient form of Tlingit oi-namented front, fi'oni a painting in the U. S. National Museum. Cat. No. 129776, U. S. N. M. Sitka, Alaska. Painted by James G. Swan. Fig. 170. General Tlingit type of front, with broad side-ix)sts and rectangular door- way. Fig. 177. Ornamented front, after a sketch by Dr. Franz Boas (Kwakiiitl.) Fig. 178. Details of smoke-hole, shutter, and method of roofing and holding down .same with beams, rocks, etc. The totemic figures on each side of the doorway represent the eagle, and illustrate a style of totemic ornamen- tation now found here and there among the Tlingit as a survival or modification of the former custom of painting the whole house front in totemic design. Fig. 179. Details of the Haida method of house construction as explained fully in the text. The sub cellar or excavated living-room is dotted in beneath • the sketch, the fire-place being shown at 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 Niblack, Albert P. (Albert Parker), 1859-1929. Washington, D. C. The Museum
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