Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899), Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909, Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942, Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington, D.C.) · New York, Doubleday, Page & Company · leaf 412
144 GRINNELL well known, beautifully ornamented, and they carve elab- orately in wood and stone. Like other Indians more to the southward, those in … TLINKIT CARVING REPRESENTING who gives away most is the rare ereatest chief, and at subse- quent ‘potlatches,’ or occasions for presenting gifts, he receives a present proportionate to the amount of his own gift. Therefore, when an In- dian has accumulated more or less money or other prop- erty, he…
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