article
Chilkat houses
Museum journal • 4 • Published In 1913 • Pages: 81-100
By: Shotridge, Louis, Shotridge, Florence.
Abstract
This article was written by an assistant in the University of Pennsylvania Museum and his wife, both of whom were full-blooded Tlingit Indians. Louis Shotridge's father was head chief of the Raven side in Chilkat. The article contains descriptions and plans of Chilkat dwelling houses and food-preparing houses, a summary description of Chilkat social organization, a description of house posts and screens with heraldry, and the totem legend of the Kagwantans clan of the Tlingit. A chart of Chilkat social organization is appended.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1997
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1958
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Chilkat, Alaska, United States
- Notes
- by Louis and Florence Shotridge
- LCCN
- sn84046272
- LCSH
- Tlingit Indians