Tlingit tomb site of the family of Chief Ankau, Port Mulgrave, Yakutat Bay, Alaska in engraving made 1791

Photograph of engraving of explorers (with rifles) and indians (some in conical hats) looking at burial grounds. There are tombs with carvings under burial boxes with painted panels, and at a large carved figure (wolf? bear?) holding a carved box on a pole. In foreground are burnt logs. The caption...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cardero, Jose, b. 1767 or 8
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Ankau > Family
Engravings
Tlingit Indians > Spiritual life
Tlingit Indians > Monuments
Tombs & sepulchral monuments > Alaska > Yakutat Bay
Yakutat Bay (Alaska)
tlingit
Yakutat
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/loc/id/2174
http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/htmlview.exe?CISOROOT=/loc&CISOPTR=2174
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Summary:Photograph of engraving of explorers (with rifles) and indians (some in conical hats) looking at burial grounds. There are tombs with carvings under burial boxes with painted panels, and at a large carved figure (wolf? bear?) holding a carved box on a pole. In foreground are burnt logs. The caption says it is the pyre and tombs of the family of Chief An-Kau Caption on image: Pira y sepulcros de la familia del cacique An-Kau en el puerto de Mulgrave (Ano 1792) Image from Alessandro Malaspina's Viaje politico-cientifico alrededor del mundo, 1885, f.p. 120

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