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Haida structure made with totem poles, Kasaan, Alaska, ca. 1915.
Haida structure made with totem poles, Kasaan, Alaska, ca. 1915.
TitleHaida structure made with totem poles, Kasaan, Alaska, ca. 1915.
PhotographerThwaites, John E.
Dateca. 1915
NotesNote from Garfield Volume: Eagle Leg House ruins, Old Kasaan. Grave markers on either side.

Note from unidentified source: Eagle-leg house and two mortuary posts, Kasaan. On the left-hand pole are two eagles on a nest with a frog on the front of the shaft. The eagle and bear are carved on the other post. These were taken to New Kasaan for the Totem Park. The carved beam supports represent the eagle's leg with the beam held in the claws.

In Garfield Volume 3, leaf 79
SubjectsHaida Indians--Structures; Totem poles--Alaska--Kasaan
Location DepictedUnited States--Alaska--Kasaan
Object TypePhotographs
Negative NumberNA3557
Digital CollectionAmerican Indians of the Pacific Northwest Images
CollectionViola Garfield Collection no. 130
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
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