Carved Tears

Date
1994
Photographer: Herem, Barry
Description

Detail of the Stax-adi portion of the sea creature or sea monster post (Gunakadeit Gass). Carved by Kad-jis-too-ach, the figure of a woman carved on the whale's back represents Stax-adi, included to represent the Yakutat Clan. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Subject (Geographic)
Klukwan
Keywords
Tlingit
Interior
Kadjisdu.axtc
Northwest Coast
Art
Chilkat
Paint
carving
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
Klukwan069
Copyright
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Terms of use
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Copyright owner(s)

© Barry Herem.

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