Title
A carved and painted cedar board with a design showing ancestry and social position
Caption
A carved and painted cedar board with a design showing ancestry and social position, Boards were attached to the interior house posts which supported the roof beams. Such boards were always made in sets of four which carried similar designs but depicted different aspects of the house groups history. Detail. Northwest Coast of America. Tlingit.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ University Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A29_155
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
32,3Mb (2,3Mb) / 10,7in x 11,8in / 3204 x 3528 (300dpi)