Mortuary Pole for the People of Cumshewa

• Other Authors: A. de Menil
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1968
• Subjects: Haida > - Eagle > Gwaii Haanas > Haida Gwaii > Kuuna Mortuary Pole > Mortuary Post > Totem Pole > Xaayda >; Haida > - Skedans > Eagle > Gwaii Haanas > Haida Gwaii > Kuuna Mortuary Pole > Mortuary Post > Totem Pole > Xaayda >; Cumshewa; Skedans; haida; Killer Whale; Killer whale
• Online Access: https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-2840/mortuary-pole-people-cumshewa

A Mortuary pole erected for a man of the People of Cumshewas by his brother G'aubelx kalxwa (""The man who consumed eagle down""). The crest on the front plaque was a grizzly bear, and on the pole is a two finned killer whale.