Detail of Ancestral Figure

Human figure, most likely a shaman, with numerous depictions of sea lions. 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 bu...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: A. de Menil
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1966
Subjects:
Tlingit > - Totem > Pole > Alaska > Northwest Coast > Native > First Nation > Art >
Tlingit > - Klawock > Totem > Pole > Alaska > Northwest Coast > Native > First Nation > Art >
tlingit
Alaska
Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3510/detail-ancestral-figure
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Summary:Human figure, most likely a shaman, with numerous depictions of sea lions. 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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