Image: Ka-Sh-Ak, the Monkeyman. Skan-Doo [Skundoo], notorious old medicene [medicine] man. Ind-A-Yanek (Swatka), the famous Indian guide. Three brothers, old head-men of the Kak-Von-Tons [Kaagwaantaan] of the Chilkat tribe. Copyright 1907....
Title from verso. Two women walking among grave markers. Many of the graves are marked by orthodox crosses. The cemetary is bordered by a fence woven from saplings.
White marble bear sculpture on a stone base; [made for the Grave of Jim K--------. The orthodox priest refused to allow it in the cemetery, and so it was placed in front of his clan house, Gaayeis’ Hít (Iron House) of the Chookaneidí; the...
Title taken from interview notes: Masks and other pieces of Tlingit art are displayed with the coffin. The coffin lid stands against the carved and painted screen of the Thunderbird House. Interview notes: (l. to r.): Edith Valle, Helen...
Title from image. Chief's grave. Photographer's number 460. According to Louis Shotridge’s notes, this was designed and carved by a Dakl’aweidí carver named Naakushtáa. The same carver made the screen and houseposts inside the Frog House...
Title taken from image. Skan-Doo, one of the headmen of the Kaagwaantaan. Dressed in cloth coat, derby hat and moccasins; standing at corner of log house; full length. Photographer's number 240.
Title taken from image. Three white men at One-legged Fisherman totem by fenced graves and marker, "In memory of Kauk-ish, died 1897 Age 68 Yrs." c. 1905.
Totem pole with winged raven, two grave monuments, covered grave; One monument states "At rest, Chief's Son, David Andrew - born December? 1871? - Drowned in Tongass Narrows, March 15, 1903?" Grave probably at Ketchikan or Saxman.
Title taken from image. Long-haired man holding raven rattle; wearing apron decorated with dentalium shells and puffin bills; full length portrait in grassy area, c. 1900. Photographer's number 462.
Tlingit Indian child lying in state, covered by ermine blanket and lying beneath three Chilkat blankets and two other decorated blankets hanging on wall, c. 1900.