LOOKING AT INDIAN ART OF THE NORTHWEST COAST

	nwc_23. Mosquito by Walter Harris. Tsimshian. Has a toothed and beak-like proboscis with double wings and an insect's body and legs. A small mosquito head is portrayed in the body being consumed by the flames. One flame is seen as Raven with fire in his beak, since it was Raven who originally brought fire to the people. Insect legs.
	nwc_24. Killer Whale and Grouse by Ron Sebastian. Tsimshian. Configurative style. Many teeth.
	nwc_25. Killer whale design painted on a grave house at Sitka, Alaska. c. 1888-89.  Tlingit. Dorsal fin with circle.
	nwc_26. Bear screen. Tlingit. Face on and in profile. Note the saagi' (8 sacred bones of the body).
	nwc_27. Human hands are clearly defined by a thumb and four fingers.
	nwc_28. Great variations exists in the portrayal of feet and claws, and of the legs to which they are attached.

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