Wedding or Wolf Pole

• Other Authors: A. de Menil
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1966
• Subjects: Haida > Kaigani > SNHP > Alaska > Monument > Northwest Coast > Native > First Nation > Art >; Haida > Kaigani > Sitka > SNHP > Alaska > Monument > Northwest Coast > Native > First Nation > Art >; Prince of Wales Island; Sockeye; haida; Alaska
• Online Access: https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3650/wedding-or-wolf-pole

The Wolf Pole, which derives its name from the prominant figure of a wolf in the centre of the pole. The top figure is a man, possibly a village watchman or the owner of the totem pole. The bottom figure is a salmon. Two interpretations of the pole exist. The most likely is that the wolf and salmon...