Haida totem poles and houses, Kasaan, Alaska, ca. 1913

Totem poles and houses in wooded area, ca. 1910-1915. Note from unidentified source: Old Kasaan. Three tall poles on right taken to New Kasaan and repaired for Totem Pole Park. Note entrance through base of lef-hand pole, once the doorway of the house. Second pole from right has the figure of a whit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thwaites, John E.
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Totem poles > Alaska > Kasaan
Haida Indians > Structures
haida
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/loc/id/1976
http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/htmlview.exe?CISOROOT=/loc&CISOPTR=1976
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Summary:Totem poles and houses in wooded area, ca. 1910-1915. Note from unidentified source: Old Kasaan. Three tall poles on right taken to New Kasaan and repaired for Totem Pole Park. Note entrance through base of lef-hand pole, once the doorway of the house. Second pole from right has the figure of a white man on the top. His Haida wife dedicated the pole to him. In Garfield Volume 3, leaf 21

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