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Clan members pose in front of Bear and Whale screen. Killer Whale house, Kagwantan clan.

Clan members posed in front of Bear and Whale screen. Killer Whale house, Kagwantan clan.

Woodworm feast dish, and bentwood boxes. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Painting of Whale House interior at the Tlingit village of Klukwan. Based on a Winter & Pond photograph.

Painting of Whale House interior at the Tlingit village of Klukwan. Based on a Winter & Pond photograph.

Painting of Whale House interior at the Tlingit village of Klukwan. Based on a Winter & Pond photograph.

Painting of Whale House interior at the Tlingit village of Klukwan. Based on a Winter & Pond photograph.

Painting of Whale House interior at the Tlingit village of Klukwan. Based on a Winter & Pond photograph.

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, 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…

The Whale house family of Gaanaxteidi men among their at.oow (sacred items). In the centre stands Kuwdu.aat, with his son. Kuwdu.aat and his boy stand between two decorated bentwood boxes that hold the lineage's sacred items. On top of the one on their right is a mask made in the image of X'akat. ahan, the woman who raised the Wood Worm. (description given by Jennie Thlunault in Nora Dauenhauer and Richard Dauenhauer. Has K̲usteeyí, Our Culture: Tlingit Life Stories).

The Whale house family of Gaanaxteidi men among their at.oow (sacred items). The man holding the rifle or shotgun (blunderbuss) is Kindaxgoosh. To the left of him is a bent wood box with a mask made in the image of X'akat. ahan, the woman who raised the Wood Worm. Kindaxgoosh was the man building the Whale house when he drowned trying to retrieve a canoe that had drifted away on the currents of the Chilkat River. After he drowned, the Whale House remained unfinished until a woman of that…

"Interior of Chief Klart-Reech's House, Chilkat, Alaska." The Whale house family of Gaanaxteidi men among their at.oow (sacred items).

Raven design door Art works created by students of the Gitanmaax School of Northwest Coast Indian Art located at the 'Ksan Historical Village.

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…