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Chief Ebbits Pole
This is a memorial pole to Chief Ebbits of the Ft. Tongass Tribe of the Tlingit Nation. The two top figures are bears, the blue figure is a mud shark, the next figure if a wolf, and the bottom figure is another bear. These represent the clans he belonged to. The wolf figure is holding a copper shield called a "Tennah". Each shield represents that the person owning it owns a least 3,000 blankets or 20 slaves. This is a rare pole in that it is dated. Also, note the upside down figure. This represents a person who owed a debt to the chief and has not yet paid it off.
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