Description:
Mortuary Pole: Man Holding Sculpin
Dàasaxakw (Village Island)
Tlingit
We see a human figure holding a large club and a sculpin, a bottom-dwelling fish. There is a figure above his head, but the deterioration of the pole renders it unrecognizable.
Loan to Ketchikan Museums: Alaska's Heritage in Peril Collection
87.2.50.17
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Mortuary totem pole
Mortuary totem pole - human detail
Mortuary totem pole
Mortuary totem pole - human detail
Mortuary totem pole - human detail
Mortuary totem pole
Mortuary totem pole - human detail
Mortuary totem pole
Mortuary totem pole - human detail
Mortuary totem pole - human detail