House Post Face Detail
Detail of house post inside Chief Shakes' X’átgu Hít (Mudshark House). This post likely represents Gonakadet with a whale's tail flippers in its mouth. Gonakadet is a whale eating monster often associated with wealth from the sea. The Haida refrer to this creature as Wasgo.
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| Format: | Still Image |
| Language: | unknown |
| Published: |
1966
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| Subjects: |
Tlingit
> - Wrangell
> Northwest Coast
> Art
> Alaska
> carving
> post
> formline
> Interior
> Konakadet
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| Online Access: | https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3816/house-post-face-detail |
| Summary: | Detail of house post inside Chief Shakes' X’átgu Hít (Mudshark House). This post likely represents Gonakadet with a whale's tail flippers in its mouth. Gonakadet is a whale eating monster often associated with wealth from the sea. The Haida refrer to this creature as Wasgo. |
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