Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a wooden statue of an Indian idol to whom slaves were sacrificed to propitiate the gods, Alaska, ca.1900. The tall figure with its right arm raised at its side stands between two smaller wood carvings of idols. The one on the left stands on an animal and holds its hands over its stomach. The one on the right raises its arms to its chest. A large tree with rough bark stands immediately behind the main figure. A tangle of branches is in the background.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : transparency, photoprints, b&w 26 x 21 cm., 21 x 16 cm. transparencies photographic prints photographs
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