Tlingit mortuary and memorial poles, an introduction

A conversation between Teresa DeWitt and Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank in front of a Mortuary Pole, Tlingit origin, 19世纪, from Village Island, 16 X 2 英尺. (Totem Heritage Center, Ketchikan, Alaska); and a Bear/Killer Whale Pole (mortuary pole), Tlingit origin, 19世纪, Village Island, 27 X 2 英尺. (Totem Heritage Center, Ketchikan, Alaska)