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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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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spelling ftpennstateuncdm:oai:digital.libraries.psu.edu:arthist2/30774 2023-05-15T18:33:21+02:00 Raven at the Head of Nass: Detail of base figures from right front Unknown 1935-1939 United States, Alaska, Totem Bight State Historical Park, site Cedar JPEG http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/30774 unknown Department of Art History, Visual Resource Centre Selections pud0158 Pud-0158 http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/30774 This image is posted for Penn State University users only and is intended for non-profit, educational uses. It may not be posted on unrestricted web sites nor reproduced in printed publications. (C) Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft Scholars Resource, Saskia, Ltd., Pud-0158 Sculpture Native American: Tlingit American sculpture (visual work) totem pole totem poles Image ftpennstateuncdm 2022-08-30T08:13:43Z 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 Still Image tlingit Alaska PennState: Digital Collections
institution Open Polar
collection PennState: Digital Collections
op_collection_id ftpennstateuncdm
language unknown
topic Sculpture
Native American: Tlingit
American
sculpture (visual work)
totem pole
totem poles
spellingShingle Sculpture
Native American: Tlingit
American
sculpture (visual work)
totem pole
totem poles
Unknown
Raven at the Head of Nass: Detail of base figures from right front
topic_facet Sculpture
Native American: Tlingit
American
sculpture (visual work)
totem pole
totem poles
description 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
format Still Image
author Unknown
author_facet Unknown
author_sort Unknown
title Raven at the Head of Nass: Detail of base figures from right front
title_short Raven at the Head of Nass: Detail of base figures from right front
title_full Raven at the Head of Nass: Detail of base figures from right front
title_fullStr Raven at the Head of Nass: Detail of base figures from right front
title_full_unstemmed Raven at the Head of Nass: Detail of base figures from right front
title_sort raven at the head of nass: detail of base figures from right front
url http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/30774
op_coverage 1935-1939
United States, Alaska, Totem Bight State Historical Park, site
genre tlingit
Alaska
genre_facet tlingit
Alaska
op_source Scholars Resource, Saskia, Ltd., Pud-0158
op_relation Department of Art History, Visual Resource Centre Selections
pud0158
Pud-0158
http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/arthist2/id/30774
op_rights This image is posted for Penn State University users only and is intended for non-profit, educational uses. It may not be posted on unrestricted web sites nor reproduced in printed publications.
(C) Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
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