Whale House Posts

Date
1994
Photographer: Herem, Barry
Description

The Whale house posts were carved in high relief and also painted with red and blue-green pigment. Each illustrates an adventure of Raven or of some ancestor of the clan. Left: The sea creature or sea monster post (Gunakadeit Gass) Centre Left: The Black Skin Post (Dukt'ootl Gass) represents the famous Tlingit hero, Dukt'ootl. Centre Right: Wood worm post Right: Raven PostWhale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Subject (Geographic)
Klukwan
Keywords
Tlingit
Duk-toohl
Gonagadet
Gonakadet
Interior
Kad-jis-too-ach
Kadjisdu.axtc
post
Northwest Coast
Alaska
Art
Chilkat
carving
Paint
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
Klukwan184
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Copyright owner(s)

© Barry Herem.

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