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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.

Coudahwot and Yehlh-gouhu, Chiefs of the Con-nuh-ta-di (Ganaxtedi). These two men are also in the interior photos of the Whale House taken by Winter & Pond

In the centre stands Kuwdu.aat, with his son. They stand between two decorated bentwood boxes that hold the lineage's sacred items. The box on the left slides over the box on the right as a top. Behind them on the right is a mask made in the image of X'akat. ahan, the woman who raised the Wood Worm. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

Detail of a famous photograph by Winter & Pond. The image shows the Wood Worm post carved by Kad-jis-too-ach, a portion of the Rainwall Screen and clan members displaying their clan items. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

The Whale house family of Gaanaxteidi men among some of their at.oow (sacred items).

The Whale house family of Gaanaxteidi men among their at.oow (sacred items). "Left is a man with a beaver apron, S'igeidi K'ideit. His hand is on the Wood Worm Dish that extends to the right behind the other men. According to Jennie, the Wood Worm Dish was used to feed the Naanyaa.aayi at a ceremonial in Klukwan. The next man standing to the right is Naatl (John James) who wears a leather painted copy of the X'atgu Dogfish Tunic design. In the foreground sits an unknown man holding a pole…

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…

View of the back row of people standing between the posts carved by Kad-jis-too-ach and in front of Rain Wall screen. These appear to be young boys who can be seen posing at the exterior of the house in another winter and Pond photograph (Klukwan016). A number of the items displayed here were collected by Louis Shotridge for the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.

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

Coudahwot and Yehlh-gouhu, chiefs of the Con-nuh-ta-di (Ganaxtedi) at Klukwan, wearing totemic design dance shirts and beaded leggings. Winter & Pond

Chilkat men and boys posing in dancing atire.

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.

Painted sea lion hide armour from the Lord Bossom Collection. Sleeveless with fringe on right side, enclosure with toggles. Painted formline crest on front is either an orca or whale design. Denoted in the abstract depiction of offspring bearing, typical of marine mammals. Possibly of Tsimshian origin.