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Shark House Post
Rear interior post of Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). Slots in the eyes of the faces would have once held abalone.
Shark House Face Detail
Detail of house post inside Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). Slots in the eyes were once inlayed with abalone.
Post Profile
Detail of house post inside Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). Slots in the eyes were once inlayed with abalone.
House Post Face Detail
Detail of house post inside Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). Slots in the eyes were once inlayed with abalone.
Face Details
Detail of house post inside Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). Slots in the eyes were once inlayed with abalone.
Octopus and Shark
Detail of house post inside Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). Slots in the eyes were once inlayed with abalone.
House Post Detail
House post inside Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). Slots in the eyes were once inlayed with abalone.
Whale Detail
Small whale detail on one of Shakes' interiror house posts
House Post Face Detail
Detail of house post inside Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). This post likely represents Gonakadet with a whale's tail flippers in its mouth. Gonakadet is a whale eating monster often associated with wealth from the sea. The Haida refrer to this creature as Wasgo.
Details on House Post
Detail of house post inside Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). The raven and whale are connected through the tounge.
House Post Interior of Chief Shakes House
House post inside Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House)
House Post Chief Shakes House
House post inside Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House)
Detail of House Post
House post inside Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House)
Interior House Post
House post inside Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House)
House Post Profile
House post inside Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House)