Top of Klawock Totem
The original totem poles from Klawock were carved many years ago at a site on nearby Tuxecan 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...
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Format: | Still Image |
Language: | unknown |
Published: |
1966
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Subjects: |
Tlingit
> - Totem
> Pole
> Alaska
> Northwest Coast
> Native
> First Nation
> Art
> Human
> Ancestor
> Sun
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Online Access: | https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3488/top-klawock-totem |
Summary: | The original totem poles from Klawock were carved many years ago at a site on nearby Tuxecan 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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