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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Format: | Still Image |
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1966
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Online Access: | https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3486/various-poles-and-carved-figures |
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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