Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Detail of house post inside Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House) carved by Kadjisdu.axt.
Date: 1994
Name(s): 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.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Detail of a human figure from an unknown totem pole. Likely at an Alaskan museum.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Bear head with string of salmon in its mouth from the Kayak totem pole. In memory of Kaukish who died in 1897.
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: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: There appears to be two sets of similar house posts. One set is referred to as ""Sitka Bear Post"", while the other is referred to as ""Mother Eagle house post"". The posts are located at the Sitka Natural History Museum, Alaska.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Detail of house post inside Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). Slots in the eyes were once inlayed with abalone.
Date: 1972
Description: Freda Diesing carving a mask at the 'Ksan studio, Hazelton
Date: 1972
Description: Freda Diesing carving at the 'Ksan studio, Hazelton
Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: Detail of the face of the Black Skin Post (Dukt'ootl Gass) representing the famous Tlingit hero, Dukt'ootl. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.
Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Detail of pole raised for Jane Willie (Granny Du'dah). The pole was raised when she got married (unsure of year). Information provided by Gwa'yi community.
Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: Face detail of Raven in human form. Raven is represented on this post by the main (anthropomorphic) figure holding a head, the jade adz, Tsu-hootar with which Raven tricked the King Salmon into coming ashore. Raven stands on the fish, and the small raven issuing from his mouth represents his lies. [This is a pun, since the root for "to lie, deceive" and "raven" are the same: ye't. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.
Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: Face detail of Woodworm post. Ganaxtedi clan, Klukwan.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Petroglyph design
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Unique dagger pommel carved in the shape of a human face.
