Prow ornaments were mounted on the large Tlingit war canoes as formal symbols of importance
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Prow ornaments were mounted on the large Tlingit war canoes as formal symbols of importance

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Prow ornaments were mounted on the large Tlingit war canoes as formal symbols of importance, This carving of an owl with outstretched wings was one of the crests used by the Raven division at Klukwan, the largest of the Chilkat Tlingit villages. Northwest Coast of America. Tlingit.

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Werner Forman Archive/ Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago

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Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman

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UMG12A29_022

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Non

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Droits gérés

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30,7Mo (1,5Mo) / 26,2cm x 29,3cm / 3100 x 3460 (300dpi)

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