Stax-adi Portion

Date
1994
Photographer: Herem, Barry
Description

Detail of the Stax-adi portion of the sea creature or sea monster post (Gunakadeit Gass). 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
Gonagadet
Gonakadet
Paint
Northwest Coast
Art
Chilkat
Alaska
post
Kad-jis-too-ach
Kadjisdu.axtc
carving
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
Klukwan253
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Terms of use
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Copyright owner(s)

© Barry Herem.

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