Date: 1997
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Detail of Price's carving and adz marks. This replica of the rainwall screen was commissioned by the Canadian Museum of Civilization and was created by Art Price. The original screen is from the Whale House at Klukwan, Alaska.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Detail of the eye of an eagle monument. Located at the Sheldon Jackson Museum.
Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Eye detail
Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Chief Shakes' raven totem pole. It dignified a living son, and commemorates one dead one. Erected in 1896, The pole stood for 82 years until falling down in a windstorm in 1978.
Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Detail of a human figure's eye on a pole.
Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: This is the Gonakadet mortuary pole that once had a killer whale hat on top of it. It has two empty spaces in the back for holding remains.
Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: House post inside Chief Shakes' 'X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). The carver was Kadjisdu.axtc, One-to-whom-people-will-listen.
Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: Rain Screen eye detail. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The eyes of the base figure of a totem pole peering over the shrubs. New Kasaan, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska.
Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: Profile: The Black Skin Post (Dukt'ootl Gass) represents the famous Tlingit hero, Dukt'ootl. The flippers of the sea lion he split in two are positioned on each side of his face. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.
Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Close up of frog and human house post
Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Detail of House post inside Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). The pole likely represents Gonakadet as it has the tail of a whale in its mouth. A whale is one of the favorite foods of the Gonakadet. The carver was Kadjisdu.axtc, One-to-whom-people-will-listen.
Date: 1980 to 1985
Description: One of the three faces of Dry Island. From this perspective the face appears human. From the other side it appears animal. These photos were taken by Morris Mason, Dave Walker and Gary Coupland during archaeological surveys and digs in the early 1980s
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Wood carving of a huma-like face
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Wood carving of a huma-like face
