Chief Anotklosh of the Taku, Alaska, ca. 1913

• Main Author: Case, W.H. (William Howard)
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Anotklosk (Tlingit Indian); Tlingit Indians > Clothing & dress; Aged persons > Alaska > Juneau Region; Men > Alaska > Juneau Region; Tribal chiefs > United States; Blankets; Draper; Indian; Taku; Taku River; Skagway; tlingit; Alaska
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The Taku are a group of nothern Tlingit whose traditional lands extended along the Taku River and included the area northeast of Juneau, Alaska. Chief Anotklosh wears a woven Chilkat blanket made from cedar bark and mountain goat wool which had been dyed yellow, black and blue-green. He holds a carv...