Tlingit bear grave totem, Ketchikan, Alaska, 1901

Painted Tlingit grave totem, Nov 14, 1901. Sitting bear, with small snag of fabric in its teeth. On mount: Nov. 14, 1901. Wooden bear, Indian graveyard, Ketchikan, by the grave of a woman that was killed by a bear; it has a piece of her dress and some of her hair in its mouth.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sarvant, Henry Mason
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Tlingit Indians > Arts & crafts
Wood carvings > Alaska > Ketchikan
Tombs & sepulchral monuments > Alaska > Ketchikan
Ketchikan (Alaska)
Indian
Snag
Ketchikan
tlingit
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/loc/id/1436
http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/htmlview.exe?CISOROOT=/loc&CISOPTR=1436
Description
Summary:Painted Tlingit grave totem, Nov 14, 1901. Sitting bear, with small snag of fabric in its teeth. On mount: Nov. 14, 1901. Wooden bear, Indian graveyard, Ketchikan, by the grave of a woman that was killed by a bear; it has a piece of her dress and some of her hair in its mouth.

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