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| Title | Chilkat blanket, totem poles, and other artifacts on display at the Sheldon Jackson Museum, Sitka, Alaska, ca. 1906 |
| Photographer | Shaw, William T. (William Thomas), b. 1873 |
| Date | ca. 1906 |
| Notes | Chilkat blanket, totem poles, canoes, tools, baskets & nets on display. The Chilkat robe is said to be from Killisnoo from the gravesite of a man who had adopted to Christianity and vowed to give up old customs. The robe with "Diving Whale Pattern", was donated to the museum by his family. Also pictured are two totem poles from Metlakatla that were brought to the museum in 1888 when a group of young men from Father Duncan's Christian community came to the Sitka Industrial Training School. They were about to burn the poles when Sheldon Jackson arrived to bring the young men to Sitka and asked them to spare the poles and bring them to the museum.
PH Coll 587.6 |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Blankets; Totem poles--Alaska--Sitka; Indians of North America--Arts & crafts--Alaska--Sitka |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Indian art--Alaska--Sitka; Chilkat textile fabrics--Alaska--Sitka; Sheldon Jackson Museum |
| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska--Sitka |
| Digital Collection | Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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| Order Number | AWC3426
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| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | William T. Shaw Photographs. PH Coll 587 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | 5 x 7 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2008. |
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http://content.lib.washington.edu/sc-use.html |
