Cannibal Giant Gravestone

The Cannibal Giant (Goo-Teekhl) or Wild Man gravestone is modeled after the Cannibal Giant pole in the Frog House of Klukwan. The Giant was captured and burned by hunters but returned in the form of mosquitos to continue to feed on them. The stone is marble and the design is adapted by a white carve...

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Other Authors: Adelaide de Menil
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1966
Subjects:
Tlingit > - Alaska > Cemetary > Figure > Grave > Memorial >
Tlingit > - Klukwan > Alaska > Cemetary > Figure > Grave > Memorial >
tlingit
Alaska
Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-4069/cannibal-giant-gravestone
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spelling ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_4069 2023-05-15T18:33:12+02:00 Cannibal Giant Gravestone Adelaide de Menil Klukwan 1966 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-4069/cannibal-giant-gravestone unknown billreid:4069 local: Kluk 66-8-40R-30 uuid: 2a191bf6-0611-444a-ad4c-11fd42f8bcde https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-4069/cannibal-giant-gravestone Courtesy Adelaide de Menil. This image is to be used solely for the purpose of research or private study. 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--Cemetary--Figure--Grave--Memorial-- Tlingit --- Klukwan--Alaska--Cemetary--Figure--Grave--Memorial-- Photographs StillImage 1966 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:09Z The Cannibal Giant (Goo-Teekhl) or Wild Man gravestone is modeled after the Cannibal Giant pole in the Frog House of Klukwan. The Giant was captured and burned by hunters but returned in the form of mosquitos to continue to feed on them. The stone is marble and the design is adapted by a white carver with the engraved name of “Tool-cutch-a- koo-nook.” The cannibal is holding a dead Tlingit. Still Image tlingit Alaska SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University)
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collection SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University)
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topic Tlingit --- Alaska--Cemetary--Figure--Grave--Memorial--
Tlingit --- Klukwan--Alaska--Cemetary--Figure--Grave--Memorial--
spellingShingle Tlingit --- Alaska--Cemetary--Figure--Grave--Memorial--
Tlingit --- Klukwan--Alaska--Cemetary--Figure--Grave--Memorial--
Cannibal Giant Gravestone
topic_facet Tlingit --- Alaska--Cemetary--Figure--Grave--Memorial--
Tlingit --- Klukwan--Alaska--Cemetary--Figure--Grave--Memorial--
description The Cannibal Giant (Goo-Teekhl) or Wild Man gravestone is modeled after the Cannibal Giant pole in the Frog House of Klukwan. The Giant was captured and burned by hunters but returned in the form of mosquitos to continue to feed on them. The stone is marble and the design is adapted by a white carver with the engraved name of “Tool-cutch-a- koo-nook.” The cannibal is holding a dead Tlingit.
author2 Adelaide de Menil
format Still Image
title Cannibal Giant Gravestone
title_short Cannibal Giant Gravestone
title_full Cannibal Giant Gravestone
title_fullStr Cannibal Giant Gravestone
title_full_unstemmed Cannibal Giant Gravestone
title_sort cannibal giant gravestone
publishDate 1966
url https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-4069/cannibal-giant-gravestone
op_coverage Klukwan
genre tlingit
Alaska
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Alaska
op_relation billreid:4069
local: Kluk 66-8-40R-30
uuid: 2a191bf6-0611-444a-ad4c-11fd42f8bcde
https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-4069/cannibal-giant-gravestone
op_rights Courtesy Adelaide de Menil. This image is to be used solely for the purpose of research or private study. 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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