Mortuary Posts in sGang Gwaay
Left: Mortuary depicting a thunderbird with a face in the tail Middle: A Mortuary depicitng a grizzly bear with a cub between its legs, and a small human figure between its ears. It stood on the head of an unusual figure obscured by vegetation. Right: A mortuary post that has an ornate depiction of...
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Format: | Still Image |
Language: | unknown |
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1968
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Online Access: | https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-2811/mortuary-posts-sgang-gwaay |
Summary: | Left: Mortuary depicting a thunderbird with a face in the tail Middle: A Mortuary depicitng a grizzly bear with a cub between its legs, and a small human figure between its ears. It stood on the head of an unusual figure obscured by vegetation. Right: A mortuary post that has an ornate depiction of a Killer Whale with prominent triangular teeth, and small figure between its fin and tail. On the whale's head was a smaller whale with three sgil (potlatch rings). |
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