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Shaman wearing a grizzly bear claw crown performing a healing ritual.

Shaman wearing a grizzly bear claw crown performing a healing ritual.

Shaman wearing a grizzly bear claw crown performing a healing ritual.

Tlingit healing ceremony

Young boy in regalia pretending to ride motorcycle.

Young boy in regalia pretending to ride motorcycle.

Colour slides collected and donated by Adelaide de Menil. Slide jacket's contain descriptions, which have been copied to the titles. Slides not taken by de Menil read: Schallerer's Photo Shop, 212 Front Street, Ketchikan, Alaska.

Frog at the base of the Woodworm post. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Rain Screen, su kheen, formed the front wall of the sleeping chamber of the master of the house. The large partition stood between the rear support posts and is made of thin split red cedar boards of varying widths. The front surface is intricately carved in low relief and painted to represent the Spirit of Rain, Su, which was symbolized by a great crouching figure with outstretched arms. The boarder of minture creatures represents the splashing of rain as it strikes the ground. Some…

Rain Screen legs and protal detail Rain Screen, su kheen, formed the front wall of the sleeping chamber of the master of the house. The large partition stood between the rear support posts and is made of thin split red cedar boards of varying widths. The front surface is intricately carved in low relief and painted to represent the Spirit of Rain, Su, which was symbolized by a great crouching figure with outstretched arms. The boarder of minture creatures represents the splashing of rain as…

Rain Screen central figure and portal. The large partition stood between the rear support posts and is made of thin split red cedar boards of varying widths. The front surface is intricately carved in low relief and painted to represent the Spirit of Rain, Su, which was symbolized by a great crouching figure with outstretched arms. The boarder of minture creatures represents the splashing of rain as it strikes the ground. Some scholars suggest that the screen may not represent the Rain…

Formline detail of Rain Screen. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Rain Screen eye detail. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Boarder figure of the Rain Screen. The minture creatures are said to represent the splashing of large rain drops as they strike the ground. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Detail of face in the nose of the central figure of the Rain Screen. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.