Chapters 19 and 20 Summary

Chee, Leaphorn and Captain Rodney summon Dr. Hartman to help locate the fish trap's container in chapter nineteen. Checking the computer, she informs them that the museum has dozens of bamboo fish traps in storage. She identifies the three that best match the description. With a tired museum security guard, the four begin checking containers. The first bin contains a fish trap made by a Palawan Island tribe. They move two aisles away to the next bin, repository for artifacts from Borneo.

Rodney unlocks the bin, and all they can see is a human head. It is Highhawk, and he has been killed by a gunshot to the head. Beneath the body is the Yeibichai mask. The rest of the bin is filed with fishing spears, canoe paddles and nets. The crime scene techs and homicide sergeant are still at the...