Grave house with Chilkat blanket and totemic carving representing a bear, Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox, Alaska, July 1899., Taken on 1 July 1899
From album entitled: a souvenir of the harriman alaska expedition, may - august, 1899. Volume ii, cook inlet to bering strait and the return voyage, leaf 215. Caption on image: the marble bear--deserted village
photograph taken by edward s. Curtis, official photographer, member of the 1899 harriman alaska expedition. Subjects (lctgm): tlingit indians--structures--alaska--cape fox village; tombs & sepulchral monuments--alaska--cape fox village; tlingit indians--arts & crafts--alaska--cape fox village
subjects (lcsh): harriman alaska expedition (1899); extinct cities--alaska; cape fox village (alaska)--buildings, structures, etc.;chilkat textile fabrics--alaska--cape fox village; totems--alaska--cape fox village; tlingit sculpture--alaska--cape fox village; tlingit wood-carving--alaska--cape fox village. Date: Taken on 1 July 1899. Medium: silver. Depicted Place: Cape Fox Village, Alaska. Collection: University of Washington.