Two of their Images; the one representing a Man, and the other a Woman, in the Esquimaux Dress; shewing the first dawning of sculpture, and their inability to represent the human countenance, hands, or feet.
LIST of Articles illustrating the Manners and Customs of the Natives of the North-western Coast of America; brought to Europe by Commodore Billings.
Machines used in casting their Arrows; from the neighbourhood of Cook’s River.
Harpoons of Bone, with Ropes made of the Tendons of Animals.
Ditto of Fossil Ivory, with ditto.
Idols of Wood and Hair, brought to the Coast from the interior of the North-American Continent.
Bone Fish-hooks.
Pouches, worn by the Men for covering the Genitals, made of a Marine Plant.
Head-dresses of the Women, made of the Entrails of Fishes.