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226 Art of the North Pacific Coast of North America
The beaver (fig. 225) has been treated in the same manner. The
head is split down to the mouth, over which rises the hat with
four rings. The split has been carried back to the tail, which,
Fig. 225. Hat made of spruce roots painted with design of a beaver, Haida or Tsimshian.
Fig. 226. Tattooing representing
a duck, Haida.
Fig. 227. Tattooing representing
a raven, Haida.
however, is left intact, and turned up towards the centre of the
hat. The importance of the symbols becomes very clear in this
specimen. If the two large black teeth which are seen under the
four rings, and the tail with the cross-hatchings, were omitted, the
figure would represent the frog.
In other designs the cut is made in the opposite direction from
the one described heretofore. It passes from the chest to the back,
The beaver (fig. 225) has been treated in the same manner. The
head is split down to the mouth, over which rises the hat with
four rings. The split has been carried back to the tail, which,
Fig. 225. Hat made of spruce roots painted with design of a beaver, Haida or Tsimshian.
Fig. 226. Tattooing representing
a duck, Haida.
Fig. 227. Tattooing representing
a raven, Haida.
however, is left intact, and turned up towards the centre of the
hat. The importance of the symbols becomes very clear in this
specimen. If the two large black teeth which are seen under the
four rings, and the tail with the cross-hatchings, were omitted, the
figure would represent the frog.
In other designs the cut is made in the opposite direction from
the one described heretofore. It passes from the chest to the back,