Detail of Frog

This is the view looking up at one of three frogs on the pole. The frogs represent three Kiksadi women, Tlingit whom belong to the frog clan. The three women cohabitated with Chief Shakes' slaves. The pole is said to be a ridicule pole carved to force payment for the Kiksadi Chief who would not...

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Other Authors: Adelaide de Menil
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1967
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Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-4009/detail-frog
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description This is the view looking up at one of three frogs on the pole. The frogs represent three Kiksadi women, Tlingit whom belong to the frog clan. The three women cohabitated with Chief Shakes' slaves. The pole is said to be a ridicule pole carved to force payment for the Kiksadi Chief who would not pay for Shakes housing the three women. The Kiksadi Chief had said the women disgraced themselves, by marrying beneath them
format Still Image
genre tlingit
Alaska
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Alaska
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https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-4009/detail-frog
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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spelling ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_4009 2025-01-17T01:07:07+00:00 Detail of Frog Adelaide de Menil Wrangell 1967 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-4009/detail-frog unknown billreid:4009 local: Wran. 67-8-27F-10 uuid: 72df6b9d-ab5b-478b-8356-4cc1ecb68c79 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-4009/detail-frog 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 --- Alaska--carving--Totem-- Tlingit --- Wrangell--Alaska--carving--Totem-- Photographs StillImage 1967 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:07Z This is the view looking up at one of three frogs on the pole. The frogs represent three Kiksadi women, Tlingit whom belong to the frog clan. The three women cohabitated with Chief Shakes' slaves. The pole is said to be a ridicule pole carved to force payment for the Kiksadi Chief who would not pay for Shakes housing the three women. The Kiksadi Chief had said the women disgraced themselves, by marrying beneath them Still Image tlingit Alaska SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University)
spellingShingle Tlingit --- Alaska--carving--Totem--
Tlingit --- Wrangell--Alaska--carving--Totem--
Detail of Frog
title Detail of Frog
title_full Detail of Frog
title_fullStr Detail of Frog
title_full_unstemmed Detail of Frog
title_short Detail of Frog
title_sort detail of frog
topic Tlingit --- Alaska--carving--Totem--
Tlingit --- Wrangell--Alaska--carving--Totem--
topic_facet Tlingit --- Alaska--carving--Totem--
Tlingit --- Wrangell--Alaska--carving--Totem--
url https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-4009/detail-frog