Raven
—beak
Wolf
—long sharp muzzle and elevated snout
Bear
—usually realistically featured large nostrils, paws and fangs
Mountain Goat
—sharp horns, cleft hoof as a foot with two toes
Lesson V
Killerwhale
—two prominent dorsal fins, large head, mouth turned up at corners, two spines above eyes
Dogfish Shark
—gill slits as crescents, crescentshaped mouth, depressed at corners and filled with sawlike teeth
Halibut
—continuous fin, both eyes on one side
Octopus
—bird like head, hooked bill, suction plates and tentacles
Insects
—carved much like birds, difficult to recognize
Supernatural symbols
—carved as adaptations of local species i.e. sea grissly carved as a bear with fins
Toads
—carved realistically and used as space fillers, inclusion on pole believed to prevent pole from rotting
Sea Animals
—round eyes while all other animal eyes are carved as two outer curves enclosing a circle
Men and Women
—represented realistically, women are distinguished by a labret in their lower lip.”
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