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“The one that sweeps the clothes” | clothes brush
rotten wood; used for tanning hides
“Let fish jump on death” | fish trap made of sharpened stick
“Spawned out white on the upper body” | Chilkat blanket
half-dried smoked salmon
"Rock on the beach" | person without Tlingit parents
nìchkatèyí
néeg̱úlʼ (C)
spoon-shaped knife for scooping the insides out of sea urchins
basket of woven red cedar bark; made of « woot » (sheet of cedar bark)
oil, grease ( for coating skin or rubbing); lotion; liniment
Celandonite; bluish rock (used to make blue- green paint for Northwest Coast design and carving)
neixinté
body armour made of hard dry skin
yinaaháat
dead salmon (after spawning)
“The one that swallows” | bone gorge hook for fishing or snaring seagulls