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PLATE 183<br />

Ivory charms of unknown shamans, collected by George T. Emmons at Dry Bay. Left, Whale tooth, 5^ inches, carved to represent<br />

a sea monster; on the side are three seated spirits; at the tail is a spirit holding a spirit canoe full of dead men; on the belly is a bear<br />

spirit; and on the back is a shaman's spirit holding a spirit canoe with a land otter inside (MAI/HF 9/7952). Righi An ivory charm,<br />

4^ inches long, representing a shaman's dream: above is a frog's head (?), in the center a bear biting one man and holding another<br />

and below a bird's head surrounded by octopus tentacles; collected before 1888 (AMNH E/2708, neg. No, 291554),

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