Tlingit totem pole and wooden structures, Saxman, Alaska, ca. 1922.

On verso of image: Modern short pole, obviously posed for this photograph. The whale at the top and Raven at the base diving under the ocean are the only certainly identifiable figures. The cross grooves in the ears of the figures suggests a Haida carver, but the whole style is degenerate. The mount...

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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:loc/2078 2023-05-15T16:32:30+02:00 Tlingit totem pole and wooden structures, Saxman, Alaska, ca. 1922. Thwaites, John E. University of Washington Libraries United States--Alaska--Saxman Image/JPEG http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/loc/id/2078 http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/htmlview.exe?CISOROOT=/loc&CISOPTR=2078 unknown American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Images http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/ NA3795 http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/htmlview.exe?CISOROOT=/loc&CISOPTR=2078 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/loc/id/2078 http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/copyrights.html Viola Garfield Collection no. 130 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Totem poles--Alaska--Saxman Tlingit Indians--Structures photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:07:13Z On verso of image: Modern short pole, obviously posed for this photograph. The whale at the top and Raven at the base diving under the ocean are the only certainly identifiable figures. The cross grooves in the ears of the figures suggests a Haida carver, but the whole style is degenerate. The mountain in the background appears to be Deer, a mountain back of Ketchikan. If so, the pole was photographed in Saxman. Other/Unknown Material haida Ketchikan tlingit Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections
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topic Totem poles--Alaska--Saxman
Tlingit Indians--Structures
spellingShingle Totem poles--Alaska--Saxman
Tlingit Indians--Structures
Thwaites, John E.
Tlingit totem pole and wooden structures, Saxman, Alaska, ca. 1922.
topic_facet Totem poles--Alaska--Saxman
Tlingit Indians--Structures
description On verso of image: Modern short pole, obviously posed for this photograph. The whale at the top and Raven at the base diving under the ocean are the only certainly identifiable figures. The cross grooves in the ears of the figures suggests a Haida carver, but the whole style is degenerate. The mountain in the background appears to be Deer, a mountain back of Ketchikan. If so, the pole was photographed in Saxman.
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title Tlingit totem pole and wooden structures, Saxman, Alaska, ca. 1922.
title_short Tlingit totem pole and wooden structures, Saxman, Alaska, ca. 1922.
title_full Tlingit totem pole and wooden structures, Saxman, Alaska, ca. 1922.
title_fullStr Tlingit totem pole and wooden structures, Saxman, Alaska, ca. 1922.
title_full_unstemmed Tlingit totem pole and wooden structures, Saxman, Alaska, ca. 1922.
title_sort tlingit totem pole and wooden structures, saxman, alaska, ca. 1922.
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