Unidentified man standing on top of a mortuary column, Chasina, Kaigani Village, Cholmondeley Sound, Alaska, 1885

• Main Author: Niblack, Albert P. (Albert Parker), 1859-1929
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Monuments & memorials > Alaska > Prince of Wales Island; Haida Indians > Structures > Alaska > Prince of Wales Island; Columns > Alaska > Prince of Wales Island; Prince of Wales Island; haida; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2559

Caption on image: S.I. 20. Handwritten on mount: 126719. Handwritten on verso: 126719. Mortuary columns at Chasina, a Kaygani Village. Cholmondeley Sound. Pr. Wales Island. S.E. Alaska. A.P. Niblack. PH Coll 321.8 Albert Parker Niblack was born on July 25, 1859 in Indiana. In 1885, he joined the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and became a member of the Alaska Survey Team. While a part of this team, Niblack traveled around Alaska and photographed the native villages of Kasa-an and Chasina. Niblack held many posts during his tenure with the U.S. Navy and collected textiles during his travels. His textile collection was donated to the Indiana Museum of Art in 1933 after his death in 1929.