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Object Number
976-62-10/100167.1.11
Display Title
Skool-Kahs Totem, Howkan, Alsaska
Descriptions
Object Description
Boudoir card, part of "Alaska Views" series. Dictated by Bill Holm to Dan Jones: The pole seen in closeup in one photo [976-62-10/100167.1.11], is the one in the center of the longer shot [976-62-10/100167.1.14]. It belonged to Chief Skool-ka, the great-great grandfather of the former secretary of .... There are a couple versions of the meaning of it. See the Barboe book on totem poles. Note the European in military uniform; George T. Emmons collected some data suggesting it might be a Russian naval officer. Or perhaps it was a Russian official. We have a scale model of it from a missionary's collection in the Burke Museum, U. of Wash. May have been restored and put in the Totem Park at Haidaberg. It's about 6 ft tall.
Department
Photographic
Date
late 19th Century
Artist
Edward de Groff
Culture
- Northwest Coast Native American styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
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Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Village of Howkan
Materials
Cabinet card
Dimensions
Overall: 10.795 × 21.59 cm (4 1/4 × 8 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Landon T. Clay
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 976-62-10/100167.1.13 | Wolf totem pole, Ft. Wrangel, Alaska |
Wrangell
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| 976-62-10/100167.1.14 | Totem poles, village of Howkan, Alaska |
Alaska
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| 976-62-10/100167.1.12 | Grave in Wrangell. Monument of a wolf. |
Wrangell
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| 976-62-10/100167.1.24 | Totem poles at New Gold Harbor, British Columbia, woman in foreground. |
British Columbia
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| 976-62-10/100167.1.23 | Totem poles at New Gold Harbor on Mandell Island |
British Columbia
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| 976-62-10/100167.1.19 | Totem poles at Skidegate, British Columbia |
Skidegate
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| 976-62-10/100167.1.20 | Indian totem poles, Skidegate, British Columbia |
Skidegate
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| 976-62-10/100167.1.21 | House of Chief It-in-sa, Massett, British Columbia |
Massett
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| 45-28-10/27705 | Carved argillite miniature pole |
Sculpture
|
Hoonah
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| 976-62-10/100167.1.22 | House of Chief Wi-he, Massett, British Columbia |
Massett
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| 2004.29.3599 | Shaman's outfit |
Alaska
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| 2004.29.3576 | Totem pole. Sanyakoan tribe. |
Alaska
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