Wrangell Business Man Pole

Date
1966
Photographer: De Menil, Adelaide
Description

A 65' high totem pole carved in 1940 by Charlie Tagcook for a Wrangell businessman. The pole tells the story of How Raven Got the Light, and the "Jonah Story." The bottom figure is the cannibal giant and the small, white figure is the mosquito.

Physical location
Bill Reid Centre at Simon Fraser University
Subject (Geographic)
Wrangell (Alaska)
Keywords
Tlingit
Alaska
carving
Art
Northewest Coast
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
Wran._66-7-38Q-07
Copyright
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Terms of use
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Copyright owner(s)

© Adelaide de Menil.

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