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Tops of poles at Klawock. Foreground figure is most likely a thunderbird due to its hooked beak. The original totem poles were carved many years ago at a site on nearby Tuxekan Island where a large Tlingit settlement once existed. Later, around the 1930s, copies of those totems were re-carved by unemployed master boat builders in Klawock through the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a public work relief program.

Bird Figure at the top of a Totem Pole. Most likely a thunderbird due to its hooked beak.

Top of a pole showing a Frog and a Thunderbird.

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

Woodworm post, Thluke-ass-a-Gars shows the Ganaxtedi clan ancestress holding the Woodworm in front of her body, while two worms crawl on her head. The lower figures are a Crane holding a Frog in its bill. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan..

Woodworm post, Thluke-ass-a-Gars shows the Ganaxtedi clan ancestress holding the Woodworm in front of her body, while two worms crawl on her head. The lower figures are a Crane holding a Frog in its bill. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Detail of wor, foot and Crane from Woodworm post. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Crane figure from the base of the Woodworm post. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Crane's wing and frog at base of Woodworm post. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Profile of worm bing pushed into the chest of Woodworm post. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Detail of crane's wing from Woodworm post. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Recording Context: Environmental ambience; Public; OutdoorContext Notes: Dense texture; Masking; Layered soundThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording.

Recording Context: Environmental ambience; Public; OutdoorContext Notes: Crescendos; DecrescendosThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording.

Microphone distortion.Recording Context: Environmental ambience; Public; OutdoorThe locations indicated on the map may be approximate, depending on log/archival data available. A soundscape recording.