Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Shaman doll donning bone charm necklace, leather tunic, shaman claw crown.
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: shamanistic dolls and iron knife with raven head pommel carved from ivory.
Description: Shaman's wood carved fetish of a humanoid male. Figure is outfitted with hair and erect phallus is visible.
Description: Shaman's wood carved fetish of a humanoid male. Figure is outfitted with hair and erect phallus is visible.
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Carved shaman figure, donning hide regalia, shaman claw crown, and in mid dance pose.
Description: Shaman figure depicting two human figures, one laying on top of the other, split from the legs up.
Date: 1895
Description: Large figure is Gou-ghe yah-tee, "drum holder". The drum of the shaman was hung on the outstretched arms These figures were known as ut nuh teen, "he sees some-thing," and were made for very special occasions (G. T. Emmons, The Tlingit Indians).
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Shamanistic figures, painted red and black, one adorned with hair.
Date: 1890 to 1900
Description: The figure on the right with two heads is wearing a crown of grizzly bear claws. The figure on the left has a head that is doubly wide. Both figures are holding human figures, one upside-down and the other upright. This depicts the shaman's status of being between worlds.The platform, which would have held the shaman's body, is shown in a state of decay between the two figures.
Date: 1897
Name(s): Dorsey, George A. (George Amos), 1868-1931
Description: A traditional shaman mortuary of the crib type. At the front corners stood identical posts depicting the shaman. A low cribbing of planks behind the posts held the extended body of the shaman. One of these posts is still standing at the village.
Date: 1885
Name(s): Emmons, George Thornton, 1852-1945
Description: Carved wooden figures guarding the grave of Date-hun (Date-khoon?), a Chilkat shaman of Killerwhale House. The full-length figure on the left is that of Geese-teen, or Gease tene, a supernatural spirit helper. The larger figure on the right is Gou-ghe yah-tee, "drum holder" (G. T. Emmons, The Tlingit Indians)
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Composition "Healing a diseased man. Shaman with rattle in his hand drives "spirit of illness" away. Mid 20th century.
Name(s): Halpin, Marjorie, M., 1937-
Description: Cow horn carved with Orca motif
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Carved whale bone figure, depicting humanoids and a heron. Implicit narrative.
Name(s): Halpin, Marjorie, M., 1937-
Description: Carved bone container, in shape of human. Possibly that of a european settler.
