Raven at the Head of Nass: Detail of base figures from right front

Detail of base figures from right front Copy of pole on Tongass Island. Top figure is a chief wearing a spruce root dance hat. Base figure is Raven-at-the-head-of-Nass from whom Raven stole the light. Small humans represent people who benefitted from that theft. The long unadorned space represents t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Unknown
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Sculpture
Native American: Tlingit
American
sculpture (visual work)
totem pole
totem poles
tlingit
Alaska
Online Access:http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/30774
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Summary:Detail of base figures from right front Copy of pole on Tongass Island. Top figure is a chief wearing a spruce root dance hat. Base figure is Raven-at-the-head-of-Nass from whom Raven stole the light. Small humans represent people who benefitted from that theft. The long unadorned space represents the high regard helf for the chief

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