Detail 3: Interior of Klart-Reech's House
The Whale house family of Gaanaxteidi men among their at.oow (sacred items). The man holding the rifle or shotgun (blunderbuss) is Kindaxgoosh. To the left of him is a bent wood box with a mask made in the image of X’akat. ahan, the woman who raised the Wood Worm. Kindaxgoosh was the man building th...
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| Format: | Still Image |
| Language: | unknown |
| Published: |
1895
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| Subjects: |
Tlingit
> - Interior
> Hat
> Helmet
> Tunic
> Costume
> Northwest Coast
> Art
> Regalia
> Screen
> Chilkat
> Alaska
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| Online Access: | https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-4235/detail-3-interior-klart-reechs-house |
| Summary: | The Whale house family of Gaanaxteidi men among their at.oow (sacred items). The man holding the rifle or shotgun (blunderbuss) is Kindaxgoosh. To the left of him is a bent wood box with a mask made in the image of X’akat. ahan, the woman who raised the Wood Worm. Kindaxgoosh was the man building the Whale house when he drowned trying to retrieve a canoe that had drifted away on the currents of the Chilkat River. After he drowned, the Whale House remained unfinished until a woman of that house by the name S’eistaan (Mrs. Dehaven) contributed to the completion of the project. (description given by Jennie Thlunault in Nora Dauenhauer and Richard Dauenhauer. Has K̲usteeyí, Our Culture: Tlingit Life Stories) |
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