Totems at Klawock Totem Park
Various poles at Klawock. Carved figures on the poles include a number of human or ancestor figures as well as bears, a whale, and a frog. The original totem poles were carved many years ago at a site on nearby Tuxecan Island where a large Tlingit settlement once existed. Later, around the 1930s, co...
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Format: | Still Image |
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1966
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Online Access: | https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3494/totems-klawock-totem-park |
Summary: | Various poles at Klawock. Carved figures on the poles include a number of human or ancestor figures as well as bears, a whale, and a frog. The original totem poles 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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