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a carved wooden box with an image of a totema on the front and sides
Dempsey Bob New Works | Equinox Gallery
Dempsey Bob. Tahltan, Tlingit carver. Equinox Gallery.
a wooden mask with a bird on it's head
The Louis Shotridge Collection - Objects
a black and white photo of a wooden statue
Frog house collection. Kluckwan. Frog clan hat. 7 Potlatch rings. Abalone inlays. Photograph by Louis Shotridge
an odd looking object made out of wood with teeth on it's head and mouth
Fishstick Monkey
Haida (Native American). Clan Hat with Wolf Head, 1868-1901. Cedar, pigment, shell, 10 5/8 x 15 9/16 in. (27 x 39.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum
a wooden mask is sitting on a table
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a wooden mask with an animal's head on it
Thaw Collection of American Indian Art from Fenimore Art Museum dazzles in special exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art
a wooden mask is sitting on a table
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a wooden carved face on the side of a building
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two wooden masks sitting on top of a table
Tommy - Masks as they are on the shelf. | Facebook
Mask on the shelf of the Museum of the American Indian NY via Tommy Joseph FB
an ancient statue is shown in this old photo
Barry - The Copper or Tinah housepost of Klukwan, Alaska. This is the only fairly good photograph I have ever seen of this sensational housepost which may be only one of four still in existence in a Klukwan tribal house but unseen, as far as I know, in several generations. This photo appears to have been taken circa 1890. The housepost is in virtual mint condition with original paint. It is about 9 feet high with a wide concavity at the top where a housebeam would have been set, although I do not know if it was ever actually used in the construction of a traditional tribal house. It is very Old Klukwan in style, with heavy formlines and appears to be carved from a single tree, as are the Whale House houseposts. The copper shape itself is inset in a larger animistic surrounding design, perhaps a wide-mouthed bear or frog. What I understand to be a humanoid version of Raven crouches horizontally across the top of a "bentwood" chest in a pose unlike anything I have ever seen before in a Tlingit carving. It may also represent the figure of a shaman. The meanings of the entire configuration with it's copper shape are unknown to me though the display of the copper itself would indicate a very high ranking lineage house. What a great feast of design this is, something that ought to be photo documented as part of the important preservation of classic Tlingit works of art, not to mention its undoubted and invaluable role in the lineage history of the clan house it belongs to. May it long exist yet, not only to chronical the supreme skills of its original creator but also to someday once more inspire new generations of Tlingit artists and all those of us thrilled by the vision of this historic artist's work. | Facebook
The Copper or Tinah housepost of Klukwan, Alaska. This is the only fairly good photograph I have ever seen of this sensational housepost which may be only one of four still in existence in a Klukwan tribal house but unseen, as far as I know, in several generations. This photo appears to have been taken circa 1890 via Barry Herem FB
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an old mask is sitting on a white surface with hair sticking out of it's mouth
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Tlingit brown bear shaman mask. Pre-1890. @cargocultist
an old wooden mask with two faces on it's face and the other part of its body
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an image of a mask with sticks sticking out of it
Haida frontlet headdress - Infinity of Nations: Art and History in the Collections of the National Museum of the American Indian - George Gustav Heye Center, New York
Infinity of Nations: Art and History in the Collections of the National Museum of the American Indian - George Gustav Heye Center, New York
a wooden sculpture with multiple pictures on it
Mask; Northwest Coast, Carved Wood, Mother of Pearl & Abalone Inlay, 9 inch.
Mask; Northwest Coast, Mother of Pearl & Abalone Inlay, 9 inch.
a wooden mask with two eyes on it
Mask; Northwest Coast, Carved & Painted, Seated Bear, Abalone Inlay, 6 inch.
Mask; Northwest Coast, Seated Bear, Abalone Inlay, 6 inch. A Northwest Coast frontlet, painted in red and brown and carved with a seated bear; abalone shell inlay.
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