Tlingit totem pole known as "Kyan" at Ketchikan, Alaska, ca. 1900.

Caption on image: "Totem pole at Ketchikan" According to Viola Garfield: "The totem pole was referred to as the "Kyan totem pole". Surmounted by the crane, below is the Kyak a fabled bird of the mountains, and still below is the grizzly bear. Since the crane belongs to a dif...

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Main Author: Barley, H. C.
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Totem poles > Alaska > Ketchikan
Tlingit art > Alaska > Ketchikan
Tlingit sculpture > Alaska > Ketchikan
Tlingit wood-carving > Alaska > Ketchikan
Ketchikan
tlingit
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/meed/id/192
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Summary:Caption on image: "Totem pole at Ketchikan" According to Viola Garfield: "The totem pole was referred to as the "Kyan totem pole". Surmounted by the crane, below is the Kyak a fabled bird of the mountains, and still below is the grizzly bear. Since the crane belongs to a different clan from the Kyak and Bear, this pole has on it the totems for man and his wife as was common among the Tlingit." PH Coll 246.171 To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction/reproduction Please cite the Order Number

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