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	"Keet-kuh-waal" Original ink and pencil. The Killer whale, Keet, is a crest belonging to some members of the Wolf/Eagle clan. A double killer whale is the crest which adorns the button blanket belonging to the artist's aunt, who is a member of the Nahn-yah-ahyi of Wrangell Alaska. The Keet-kuh-waal board also belongs to that tribe of the Tlingit. "My grandfather told me of its use, however, he felt some longer explanation was needed," said artist Ben Paul. "The fact that his people were once slave holders did not sit right with him. The board sat on top of the owner’s house who, when he wanted to give freedom to one of his slaves, would take down the board and with a brief ceremony cut a lock of hair from the slave’s head, place it in the side of the board, and release the slave. Grandfather liked to add that many of these slaves were more like family members. He gives the example of his step father who paid for an injury which a young boy committed and then made the lad work off the debt. He was his “slave” for a time. Yet, to our shame, many slaves were obtained without compassion. We have long since ceased this behavior." 20X30 inches. By Ben Paul. $800.00 (framed) (#1178)
	The Teehiton Hat (color) Color silk screen of the Teehiton Hat, also known as Raven is the Prince of the Town hat. “My grandfather, William L. Paul Sr., was the last owner of this crest hat,” said the artist, Ben Paul. “He gave it to the State Museum in Juneau for safe keeping in 1945. He had suffered the loss of most of his own family possessions in the 1939 Goldstein Apartment building fire in Juneau, and then saw the complete destruction of the village of Hoonah by fire in 1944. The Museum was the safest place for our most prized Raven clan heirloom.” The name of this hat is actually, “In Place Of, Raven is the Prince of the Town”. The original hat was destroyed by fire about 1850 and this replica was made. “The name Teehiton means cedar bark house and was my great grandmother Tillie Paul’s house in Wrangell. She was Raven Clan, Frog crest,” Paul said. Piece is silk-screened in black, then hand colored with ink and shaded with black pencil. 18X11 inches. On Arches natural white 100% cotton paper. By Ben Paul. $195.00 (unframed) (#1182) (see also red-cedar carving of Teehiton hat)
	The Teehiton Hat (black and white) Black-and-white silk screen of the Teehiton Hat, also known as Raven is the Prince of the Town hat. “My grandfather, William L. Paul Sr., was the last owner of this crest hat,” said the artist, Ben Paul. “He gave it to the State Museum in Juneau for safe keeping in 1945. He had suffered the loss of most of his own family possessions in the 1939 Goldstein Apartment building fire in Juneau, and then saw the complete destruction of the village of Hoonah by fire in 1944. The Museum was the safest place for our most prized Raven clan heirloom.” The name of this hat is actually, “In Place Of, Raven is the Prince of the Town”. The original hat was destroyed by fire about 1850 and this replica was made. “The name Teehiton means cedar bark house and was my great grandmother Tillie Paul’s house in Wrangell. She was Raven Clan, Frog crest,” Paul said. 18X11 inches. Arches natural white 100% cotton paper. By Ben Paul. $175.00 (unframed). (#1183) (see also red-cedar carving of Teehiton hat)
	"Eagle Tinnah" (on paper) Portrait of Eagle Tinnah on Arches white paper. The Tinnah is the symbol of wealth among the Tlingit. They were made of copper and painted with the crest of the owner. They were sometimes cut into pieces and given away at potlatches to demonstrate the wealth of the host. Battles of wealth were fought by destroying the copper shields. If an opposing chief could not match the challenger shield for shield then he was humiliated. 10x18 inches. By Ben Paul. $135.00 (unframed); $375.00 (framed) (#1185)
	"Eagle Tinnah" (on cedar bark) Portrait of Eagle Tinnah on cedar bark paper. The Tinnah is the symbol of wealth among the Tlingit. They were made of copper and painted with the crest of the owner. They were sometimes cut into pieces and given away at potlatches to demonstrate the wealth of the host. Battles of wealth were fought by destroying the copper shields. If an opposing chief could not match the challenger shield for shield then he was humiliated. 10x18 inches. $145.00 (unframed); $385.00 (framed) (#1186)
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