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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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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