Dóol / Dóol', 2022

Jill Kaasteen (Tlingit - Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska),Dóol / Dóol', 2022.

Beadwork, 27 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 3 7/8 in.

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="font-family:HelveticaNeue;">In Lingít, the Tlingit language, </span><span style="font-family:HelveticaNeue;font-style:italic;">dóol </span><span style="font-family:HelveticaNeue;">means “crane”. But if you slightly mispronounce, and pinch the L at the end, it becomes </span><span style="font-family:HelveticaNeue;font-style:italic;">dóol</span><span style="font-family:HelveticaNeue;font-style:italic;">ʼ </span><span style="font-family:HelveticaNeue;">which means “a man</span><span style="font-family:HelveticaNeue;">ʼ</span><span style="font-family:HelveticaNeue;">s erection”.</span><span style="font-family:HelveticaNeue;"></span></p></div></div></div>