Indios de la costa noroeste
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Las leyendas solo están disponibles en alemán o inglés« ... one/you can cross the river on their backs . . . » - Pink Salmon - Sitka - Alaska - USA
Las leyendas solo están disponibles en alemán o inglésIn the Indian River near Sitka, a fisheries expert fishes for marked humpback salmon as part of the research into the mysterious life cycle of the salmon.
Las leyendas solo están disponibles en alemán o inglésTwo bears in double profile holding a bowl shaped like an eagle's beak. Alder wood, nacre, carved approximately 1895. (38 cm: SJM)SJM = Sheldon Jackson Museum, Sitka
Las leyendas solo están disponibles en alemán o inglésHarold Jacobs, a young crafts apprentice at the Southeast Alaska Indian Cultural Center in Sitka, poses in ceremonial clothing. He is wearing a wooden wolf hat, a thunderbird Chilkat blanket, and a silver nose ring. The wolf rattle he is holding, carved by Reggie B. Peterson, tells us that Harold Jacobs is a member of the wolf moiety.
Las leyendas solo están disponibles en alemán o inglésEspecially impressive as examples of the art of mask making are the crown-like frontlets of the northern coastal people. A chief would wear one of these decorative headpieces during the dance to welcome his guests. The mask shown depicts what is presumably an eagle, below which is a human face. The mask is made of hardwood, haliotis, sea lion whiskers and eagle down; "fringe" is of ermine skins. (Mask 19 cm, extender 85 ern, SJM)SJM = Sheldon Jackson Museum, Sitka
Las leyendas solo están disponibles en alemán o inglésThis small bear figurine with its four «potlatch rings» was probably part of a larger headdress at one time. (Figure 18 cm, SJM)SJM = Sheldon Jackson Museum, Sitka
Las leyendas solo están disponibles en alemán o inglésThe upper end of a talking stick, which was held by a chief on ceremonial occasions; with wolfs head and haliotis inlays. (166 cm, SJM)SJM = Sheldon Jackson Museum, Sitka
Las leyendas solo están disponibles en alemán o inglésThis photograph of a section of one of the four house posts that supported the roof beams of the eagle's nest house in Sitka shows the legendary young eagle who helped a girl to survive after an epidemic had killed her clan. The girl later became the ancestor of the Kaagwaantaan clan, which made the four 200-year-old house posts available to the Sitka National Historical Park on a long-term loan.
Las leyendas solo están disponibles en alemán o inglésIn defending Sitka in 1804 against the attacking Russians, the Tlingit war chief Katlean wore this raven helmet. It is made out of a piece of wood covered with bear skin. The eyes are copper. (28 cm, SJM)SJM = Sheldon Jackson Museum, Sitka
Las leyendas solo están disponibles en alemán o inglésTlingit war dagger. The blade was ground out of a file, the handle is carved cedar with haliotis inlays. (51 cm; NMM)NMM = National Museum of Man, Ottawa
Las leyendas solo están disponibles en alemán o inglésA wooden shaman figure with human hair, earrings made of animal teeth and a leather apron. The figure, which represents a shaman singing and shaking rattles, is assumed to have been carved by a Tlingit shaman more than 100 years ago. (30 cm, SJM)SJM = Sheldon Jackson Museum, Sitka
Las leyendas solo están disponibles en alemán o inglésCharm of a Chilkat Tlingit shaman. Made of bone, it is carved in the shape of a sea monster with its offspring underneath its belly and a cuttlefish behind it. (13 cm, SJM)SJM = Sheldon Jackson Museum, Sitka
Las leyendas solo están disponibles en alemán o inglésReggie B. Peterson was employed in wood carver and silversmith at the Southeast Alaska Cultural Center in Sitka. Here the Tlingit artist puts the finishing touches on an alder wood mask.
Las leyendas solo están disponibles en alemán o inglésIn the summer of 1985 the Indian Cultural Center in Sitak hired Margaret Gross as sewing instructor. The art includes the creation of so-called octopus bags and button blankets (see 29), two Tlingit specialties.
Las leyendas solo están disponibles en alemán o inglésShark mask made of alder, with hair and haliotis inserts. The artist Reggie B. Peterson carved it to .qualify as a master carver in 1980. It represents the crest of his clan.
