Tlingit interior displaying blankets, carvings, and flag-covered coffin, Wrangell, Alaska, 1887

Interior of large single room, wooden step down onto main floor. On main floor by stove is a coffin covered in an American flag, set on a table covered in a button blanket. A woman sits on the floor near it and other carvings. On the upper level, a man and woman sit on opposite sitrs of the coffin,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Partridge, William H.
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Tlingit Indians > Structures
Tlingit Indians > Clothing & dress
Tlingit Indians > Arts & crafts
Funeral rites & ceremonies > Alaska > Wrangell
Interiors > Alaska > Wrangell
Furnishings
Morrison
tlingit
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/loc/id/1806
http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/htmlview.exe?CISOROOT=/loc&CISOPTR=1806
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Summary:Interior of large single room, wooden step down onto main floor. On main floor by stove is a coffin covered in an American flag, set on a table covered in a button blanket. A woman sits on the floor near it and other carvings. On the upper level, a man and woman sit on opposite sitrs of the coffin, surrounded by Tlingit carvings, wall hangings and clothing. Caption on mount: Alaska, U.S. Ft. Wrangel. Partridge Publisher. 69 Morrison St., Portland, Or. PH Coll 322.11

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