Haida totem pole owned by Chief Scowl, Kasaan, Alaska, ca. 1923.

Totem pole leans against wooden structure in wooded area, ca. 1923. Note from unidentified source: Chief Scowl pole, Kasaan, removed to Ketchikan in 1938. On it is carved the god of the white man on top, an angel, a priest, a Russian eagle and a priest at the base, a depiction of Chief Scowl's...

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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
Ketchikan
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/loc/id/1977
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Summary:Totem pole leans against wooden structure in wooded area, ca. 1923. Note from unidentified source: Chief Scowl pole, Kasaan, removed to Ketchikan in 1938. On it is carved the god of the white man on top, an angel, a priest, a Russian eagle and a priest at the base, a depiction of Chief Scowl's conception of, and contempt for, the white man's gods. Note charred remains of houseposts and beam burned in 1915. In Garfield Volume 3, leaf 83a

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