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PLATE 158
Crest helmets. Top, Crest helmet of yellow cedar, carved to represent the Frog on the back of some animal. The carving is old, but
remains unfinished. It was taken in battle from the original owners, probably Tl'uknaxAdi, who later went to war and regained it.
At one time, it was used as a mortar. Once owned b}'^ Mrs. Minnie Johnson, it was passed on by her to her first husband, Bill Gray,
who gave it to Acton (a trader ?), from whom it was later acquired by Axel Rasmussen (PAM 48.3.416). Bottom, Eagle crest hat
or helmet, formerlj'- owned by Tanux, Teqwedi of Yakutat, and purchased b}'^ Axel Rasmussen from Billj'^ Jackson in 1945. and now
in the Alaska State Museum, Juneau. (Photograph bj^ Edward Keithahn.)