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PLATE 153
War bonnet and Bear's Ears headdress. Top left, Hudson's Bay Company cockade of dyed chicken feathers; purchased from Mrs,
Minnie Johnson in 1950. Right, War bonnet, belonging to the Tl'uknaxAdi, made of red flannel trimmed with ermine and mother-ofpearl
buttons, and 35 braids of human hair. Purchased in 1950 from Mrs. Minnie Johnson who said of it: "There was a head piece
with slaves' hair on it. It came from Gusex. It was a cap with braids on it of the hair of every slave kiUed. Djiniq's father—my brother's
wife's father had it. Qawusa, Dry Bay Chief George, had it, and after that it belonged to Lituya Bay George, whose name was
Ciyilq. Then I had it. I sold it in Juneau." Bottom, Bear's Ears headdress of the Teqwedi, made of skin, painted wooden disks, feathers,
and hair from a cow's tail. Purchased from Mrs. Jenny Jack in 1950. AU are now in the Alaska State Museum, Juneau. (Photoggraphs
by Edward Keithahn.)