Raven Face

Date
1994
Photographer: Herem, Barry
Description

Raven is represented on this post by the main (anthropomorphic) figure holding a head, the jade adz, Tsu-hootar with which Raven tricked the King Salmon into coming ashore. Raven stands on the fish, and the small raven issuing from his mouth represents his lies. [This is a pun, since the root for "to lie, deceive" and "raven" are the same: ye't. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Subject (Geographic)
Klukwan
Keywords
Tlingit
carving
Paint
Northwest Coast
Art
Chilkat
Alaska
post
Kad-jis-too-ach
Kadjisdu.axtc
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
Klukwan222
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Copyright owner(s)

© Barry Herem.

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