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Art of the North Pacific Coast of North America
folded to the right and to the left. The heterocerc tail is cut in
halves, and is shown at each end turned downward. The pectoral fins
are unduly enlarged, in order to fill the vacant space under the head.
The shark which is shown in fig. 233 is treated in a slightly
different manner. Again the head is left intact. The cut is made
from back to chest, but the two halves of the animal are not sepa-
rated. They cohere at the chest, and are unfolded in this manner,
so that the pectoral fins
and dorsal fins appear
to the right and left
of the body. The
heterocerc tail is not
clearly indicated in this
specimen.
The method of sec-
tion applied in fig. 234
is still different. The
figure represents a
painting on the border
of a large skin blanket.
The animal here represented is the killer-whale. The upper painting
clearly represents the profile of the animal. The lower painting
represents the other profile, so that both the right and the left
halves are visible. Since there was no room for showing the dorsal
fin on the lower painting, it is indicated by a curved line on one
of the series of wider fringes at the lower border. It is remarkable
that the tails in the two halves of the animal are not drawn symmetri-
cally; but it is possible that this is due to a mistake on the part of
the painter, because the design is repeated on the opposite border of
the blanket in the same manner, but with symmetrical tails. The
two halves of the body differ in details, but their main features are
identical. The flipper is shown on a very large scale. It is attached
immediately behind the head, and extends to a point near the tail. Its
principal part is occupied by a face, in front of which an eye is shown.
Fig. 234. Painting on edge of a blanket representing
a killer-whale, Tlingit.
Art of the North Pacific Coast of North America
folded to the right and to the left. The heterocerc tail is cut in
halves, and is shown at each end turned downward. The pectoral fins
are unduly enlarged, in order to fill the vacant space under the head.
The shark which is shown in fig. 233 is treated in a slightly
different manner. Again the head is left intact. The cut is made
from back to chest, but the two halves of the animal are not sepa-
rated. They cohere at the chest, and are unfolded in this manner,
so that the pectoral fins
and dorsal fins appear
to the right and left
of the body. The
heterocerc tail is not
clearly indicated in this
specimen.
The method of sec-
tion applied in fig. 234
is still different. The
figure represents a
painting on the border
of a large skin blanket.
The animal here represented is the killer-whale. The upper painting
clearly represents the profile of the animal. The lower painting
represents the other profile, so that both the right and the left
halves are visible. Since there was no room for showing the dorsal
fin on the lower painting, it is indicated by a curved line on one
of the series of wider fringes at the lower border. It is remarkable
that the tails in the two halves of the animal are not drawn symmetri-
cally; but it is possible that this is due to a mistake on the part of
the painter, because the design is repeated on the opposite border of
the blanket in the same manner, but with symmetrical tails. The
two halves of the body differ in details, but their main features are
identical. The flipper is shown on a very large scale. It is attached
immediately behind the head, and extends to a point near the tail. Its
principal part is occupied by a face, in front of which an eye is shown.
Fig. 234. Painting on edge of a blanket representing
a killer-whale, Tlingit.