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PLATE 171<br />

Paraphernalia of the unknown Yakutat shaman, collected by WiUiam S. Libbey in 1886 from a gravehouse near Port Mulgrave,<br />

(See also pis, 170, 172-177,) Top, from left to right: Shaman's wand or grave guardian, carved to represent a kneeling man (probably<br />

a spirit) wearing a large crest hat (PU 5060). Two ivory picks of Eskimo manufacture with incised geometric designs (PU 5105 A,<br />

B). Shaman's wand, probably the handle for a war pick, carved to represent the heads of two men (witches ? 'dying of strangulation<br />

.and two birds (ravens ? ")(PU 5063). Bottom, Tapping sticks (PU 5201),<br />

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