Tlingit housefront, Tuxekan, Alaska, ca. 1922.

Note from Garfield Volume: Tuxekan. Only painted house front in the village. The painting is a dog salmon with a raven fin and illustrates the story of Mouldy End. The house is called Dog Salmon House and belonged to Tecumseh Collins lineage. Note from unidentified source: Painted house front repres...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thwaites, John E.
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Tlingit Indians > Structures
Tlingit Indians > Arts & crafts
tlingit
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/loc/id/1961
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Summary:Note from Garfield Volume: Tuxekan. Only painted house front in the village. The painting is a dog salmon with a raven fin and illustrates the story of Mouldy End. The house is called Dog Salmon House and belonged to Tecumseh Collins lineage. Note from unidentified source: Painted house front representing salmon and raven, Tuxekan; illustrates story of Mouldy end." Note carved supporting posts. In Garfield Volume 8, leaf 18

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