Bear with Whale
Blackfish and Brown Bear pole. 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 Conse...
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Format: | Still Image |
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1966
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Online Access: | https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3502/bear-whale |
Summary: | Blackfish and Brown Bear pole. 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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