Woodworm Post

Date
1994
Photographer: Herem, Barry
Description

Woodworm Post (Thluke-ass-a-Gars) shows the Ganaxtedi clan ancestress holding the Woodworm in front of her body, while two worms crawl on her head. The lower figures are a Crane holding a Frog in its bill. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Subject (Geographic)
Klukwan
Keywords
Tlingit
Interior
Paint
carving
Northwest Coast
Alaska
Art
Chilkat
Kad-jis-too-ach
Kadjisdu.axtc
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
Klukwan185
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Copyright owner(s)

© Barry Herem.

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