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.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Adelaide de Menil
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1966
Subjects:
Tlingit > - Northwest Coast > Art > Alaska > carving > post > formline > Interior > Konakadet >
Tlingit > - Wrangell > Northwest Coast > Art > Alaska > carving > post > formline > Interior > Konakadet >
tlingit
Alaska
Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3816/house-post-face-detail
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spelling ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_3816 2023-05-15T18:33:16+02:00 House Post Face Detail Adelaide de Menil Wrangell 1966 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3816/house-post-face-detail unknown billreid:3816 local: Wran. 66-7-38J-34 uuid: f4a448a1-d66d-4dcf-9926-23b388b5c186 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3816/house-post-face-detail Courtesy Adelaide de Menil. This image is to be used solely for the purpose of research or private study; and any use of the image for a purpose other than research or private study requires the authorization of the copyright owner of the work in question. Tlingit --- Northwest Coast--Art--Alaska--carving--post--formline--Interior--Konakadet-- Tlingit --- Wrangell--Northwest Coast--Art--Alaska--carving--post--formline--Interior--Konakadet-- Photographs StillImage 1966 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:07Z 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. Still Image tlingit Alaska SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University)
institution Open Polar
collection SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University)
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topic Tlingit --- Northwest Coast--Art--Alaska--carving--post--formline--Interior--Konakadet--
Tlingit --- Wrangell--Northwest Coast--Art--Alaska--carving--post--formline--Interior--Konakadet--
spellingShingle Tlingit --- Northwest Coast--Art--Alaska--carving--post--formline--Interior--Konakadet--
Tlingit --- Wrangell--Northwest Coast--Art--Alaska--carving--post--formline--Interior--Konakadet--
House Post Face Detail
topic_facet Tlingit --- Northwest Coast--Art--Alaska--carving--post--formline--Interior--Konakadet--
Tlingit --- Wrangell--Northwest Coast--Art--Alaska--carving--post--formline--Interior--Konakadet--
description 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.
author2 Adelaide de Menil
format Still Image
title House Post Face Detail
title_short House Post Face Detail
title_full House Post Face Detail
title_fullStr House Post Face Detail
title_full_unstemmed House Post Face Detail
title_sort house post face detail
publishDate 1966
url https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3816/house-post-face-detail
op_coverage Wrangell
genre tlingit
Alaska
genre_facet tlingit
Alaska
op_relation billreid:3816
local: Wran. 66-7-38J-34
uuid: f4a448a1-d66d-4dcf-9926-23b388b5c186
https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3816/house-post-face-detail
op_rights Courtesy Adelaide de Menil. This image is to be used solely for the purpose of research or private study; and any use of the image for a purpose other than research or private study requires the authorization of the copyright owner of the work in question.
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