Gonagadet Post
Detail: The sea creature or sea monster post (Gunakadeit Gass) Nine feet tall, this post represents an episode from the adventures of Raven and the sea creature Gunakadeit Yadi. Gunakadeit is shown on the post as the main figure holding a whale by its flippers with its tail in his mouth. The figure...
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| Format: | Still Image |
| Language: | unknown |
| Published: |
1994
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| Subjects: |
Tlingit
> - Gonakadet
> Interior
> Kad-jis-too-ach
> Kadjisdu.axtc
> Carving
> Paint
> Northwest Coast
> Art
> Chilkat
> Alaska
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Tlingit
> - Klukwan
> Gonakadet
> Interior
> Kad-jis-too-ach
> Kadjisdu.axtc
> Carving
> Paint
> Northwest Coast
> Art
> Chilkat
> Alaska
>
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| Online Access: | https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-4314/gonagadet-post |
| Summary: | Detail: The sea creature or sea monster post (Gunakadeit Gass) Nine feet tall, this post represents an episode from the adventures of Raven and the sea creature Gunakadeit Yadi. Gunakadeit is shown on the post as the main figure holding a whale by its flippers with its tail in his mouth. The figure of a woman carved on the whale's back represents Stax-adi, included to represent the Yakutat. Inside the round blowhole on the whale's head we see the face of Raven. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan. |
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