Various Poles and Carved Figures

Various poles at Klawock. Carved figures on the poles include a number of human or ancestor figures as well as bears, a sea lion, and whales. The Woodworm pole can be seen on the right. The original totem poles were carved many years ago at a site on nearby Tuxekan Island where a large Tlingit settl...

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Other Authors: A. de Menil
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1966
Subjects:
Tlingit > - Totem > Pole > Alaska > Northwest Coast > Native > First Nation > Art >
Tlingit > - Klawock > Totem > Pole > Alaska > Northwest Coast > Native > First Nation > Art >
tlingit
Alaska
Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3486/various-poles-and-carved-figures
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Summary:Various poles at Klawock. Carved figures on the poles include a number of human or ancestor figures as well as bears, a sea lion, and whales. The Woodworm pole can be seen on the right. The original totem poles were carved many years ago at a site on nearby Tuxekan Island where a large Tlingit settlement once existed. Later, around the 1930s, copies of those totems were re-carved by unemployed master boat builders in Klawock through the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a public work relief program.

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