
Tlingit Clan House

by Ron Sanford
Title
Tlingit Clan House
Artist
Ron Sanford
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Chief Shakes Tribal House, a 1939 replica of a Tlingit clan house on Shakes Island in Wrangell Harbor, Southeast Alaska. The many faces painted on the body of the central figure represent the natives' belief that each individual part of the body could be inhabited by a spirit.
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May 13th, 2014
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