Caption: "An Eskimo dance. . .is done by making all kinds of motions with the arms and keeping time with the feet by stamping to the beating of the Eskimo drums. There [are] always five or more drums in the hands of men being struck with a slender...
Title taken from source. This is John B. Fawcett (Dzeexwaa, Tlaak'wách) of the Wooshkeetaan Clan. Clan and personal identification courtesy of Harold Jacobs.
During the 1920's, many of the original totem poles in Kake were burned. After many years of not having totem poles, the residents of Kake, Alaska organized to acquire and place a 132-foot pole in the town. Alaska Indian Arts, Inc. of Haines,...
During the 1920's, many of the original totem poles in Kake were burned. After many years of not having totem poles, the residents of Kake, Alaska organized to acquire and place a 132-foot pole in the town. Alaska Indian Arts, Inc. of Haines,...
Descriptive Narrative: Carved wooden mask by Nathan Jackson with earrings by Emma Marks. The natural color of the wood shows through on most of the mask except where hair, eyebrows, and eyes are painted in black, and nostrils and lips in red. A...