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PLATE 179
Dance wands and headdress ornament of unknown shamans of Dry Bay and Yakutat, collected by George T. Emmons before 1888.
Left, Dance wand of wood, carved to represent a raven above a devilfish, with a land otter near the handle; from the gravehouse of
an unknown ?IatkA'ayi shaman at Dry Bay, but not part of a known set (AMNH E/2212, neg. No. 124488). Center, Headdress ornament,
about 18 inches long, representing a land otter with octopus tentacles for the tongue; part of the set (see pi. 180) from the gravehouse
of an old shaman at a village on Dry Bay (AMNH E/344, neg. No. 330977). Right, Dance wand carved and painted to represent
a wolf with protruding tongue at one end and a bear's head at the other; from an old shaman's gravehouse at Yakutat (possibly
that of Libbey's shaman) (AMNH 19/1250).
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