Tlingit totem poles, canoes and a Chilkat blanket on display at Sheldon Jackson Museum, Sitka, Alaska, n.d.

• Main Author: Shaw, William T.
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Tlingit Indians > Arts & crafts; Wood carvings > Alaska > Sitka; Canoes; Weaving > Alaska > Sitka; Sheldon Jackson Museum; Metlakatla; tlingit; Alaska
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Chilkat blanket, totem poles, canoes, tools, baskets & nets on display. The Chilkat robe is said to be from Killisnoo from the gravesite of a man who had adopted to Christianity and vowed to give up old customs. The robe with "Diving Whale Pattern", was donated to the museum by his fam...