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Tlingit clan house

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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Title:
Tlingit clan house
Caption:
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.
Credit:
Album / Science Source / Ron Sanford
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Image size:
3418 x 5146 px | 50.3 MB
Print size:
28.9 x 43.6 cm | 11.4 x 17.2 in (300 dpi)
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