Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2008.37.002
Accession#:
2008.37
Credit Line:
Donated by Rick Beasley.
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Photographer:
Beasley, Rick
Place:
Mount Roberts
Date:
1997
Description:
Color photograph of a carved Tlingit Trail Marker.
Image of a Tlingit bird, carved on a tree at center frame. Carving is freshly completed. Bird has a round head and a long beak which stretches down to mid torso. Wings and tail are incised with ovoid and feather designs.
Image of a Tlingit bird, carved on a tree at center frame. Carving is freshly completed. Bird has a round head and a long beak which stretches down to mid torso. Wings and tail are incised with ovoid and feather designs.
Notes:
Artist is a Chilkoot Tlingit with ties to inland Tlingit groups in the Yukon.
People:
Beasley, Rick
Search Terms:
Ethnographic
Tlingit
Fine Arts
Sculpture
Wood
Tlingit
Fine Arts
Sculpture
Wood
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Carved Trail Marker in the image of a bird
Carved Trail Marker in the image of a bird