| 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 a whale. On the right is the Woodworm pole showing the Tlingit Maiden with Woodworm at the base. 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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