Face and Flippers

Date
1994
Photographer: Herem, Barry
Description

Profile: The Black Skin Post (Dukt'ootl Gass) represents the famous Tlingit hero, Dukt'ootl. The flippers of the sea lion he split in two are positioned on each side of his face. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Subject (Geographic)
Klukwan
Keywords
Tlingit
Duk-toohl
Paint
Northwest Coast
Art
Chilkat
Alaska
post
Kad-jis-too-ach
Kadjisdu.axtc
Worm
carving
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
Klukwan238
Copyright
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Terms of use
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Copyright owner(s)

© Barry Herem.

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