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Art of the North Pacific Coast of North America
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Fig. 172. Painting on paddle representing hawk. Kwakiutl.
Fig. 173. Painting on back and one end of a settee repre-
senting man and hawk, Kwakiutl.
Fig. 172.
Fig. 174. Handle of spoon of mountain-goat horn re-
presenting dragon-fly.
Fig. 175. Berry spoon with engraving representing
dragon-fly.
fig. 159, has been referred to before. The
head is human but provided with animal ears.
It has also been mentioned that the animal
with segmented body in fig. 166 may be a
dragonfly, although it is lacking the wings.
According to Edensaw, the spoon handle
(fig. 174) also represents the dragonfly. It has
a strongly curved beak; wings are placed
under the lower?jaw and the segmented body forms the tip of the
handle. A particularly good representation of a dragonfly is found
13 — Kulturforskning. B. VIII.
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Fig. 172. Painting on paddle representing hawk. Kwakiutl.
Fig. 173. Painting on back and one end of a settee repre-
senting man and hawk, Kwakiutl.
Fig. 172.
Fig. 174. Handle of spoon of mountain-goat horn re-
presenting dragon-fly.
Fig. 175. Berry spoon with engraving representing
dragon-fly.
fig. 159, has been referred to before. The
head is human but provided with animal ears.
It has also been mentioned that the animal
with segmented body in fig. 166 may be a
dragonfly, although it is lacking the wings.
According to Edensaw, the spoon handle
(fig. 174) also represents the dragonfly. It has
a strongly curved beak; wings are placed
under the lower?jaw and the segmented body forms the tip of the
handle. A particularly good representation of a dragonfly is found
13 — Kulturforskning. B. VIII.