Dug-Out House Mortuary Pole
This carved mortuary may belong to an earlier house in the back row of houses, but it is assigned to the Dug-Out House because of its position and because of its similarity to the other memorials in this cluster. The mortuary depicts a double-finned Killer Whale with a human figure holding onto its...
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1948
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ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_4067 2023-05-15T17:03:31+02:00 Dug-Out House Mortuary Pole C.M. Barbeau Skidegate ca. 1948 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-4067/dug-out-house-mortuary-pole unknown billreid:4067 local: Skidegate18 uuid: d6f4a117-62b5-488f-9705-81a40f4a046a https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-4067/dug-out-house-mortuary-pole Haida --- Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Totem Poles-- Haida --- Skidegate--Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Totem Poles-- Photographs StillImage 1948 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:07Z This carved mortuary may belong to an earlier house in the back row of houses, but it is assigned to the Dug-Out House because of its position and because of its similarity to the other memorials in this cluster. The mortuary depicts a double-finned Killer Whale with a human figure holding onto its flukes. The front plaque, which has fallen away, had a carved Grizzly Bear crest. Note the plant starting to grow out of the burial compartment at the top of the pole. Still Image Killer Whale Killer whale SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University) Queen Charlotte ENVELOPE(-132.088,-132.088,53.255,53.255) Skidegate ENVELOPE(-131.991,-131.991,53.266,53.266) |
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Open Polar |
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SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University) |
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unknown |
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Haida --- Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Totem Poles-- Haida --- Skidegate--Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Totem Poles-- |
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Haida --- Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Totem Poles-- Haida --- Skidegate--Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Totem Poles-- Dug-Out House Mortuary Pole |
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Haida --- Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Totem Poles-- Haida --- Skidegate--Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Totem Poles-- |
| description |
This carved mortuary may belong to an earlier house in the back row of houses, but it is assigned to the Dug-Out House because of its position and because of its similarity to the other memorials in this cluster. The mortuary depicts a double-finned Killer Whale with a human figure holding onto its flukes. The front plaque, which has fallen away, had a carved Grizzly Bear crest. Note the plant starting to grow out of the burial compartment at the top of the pole. |
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C.M. Barbeau |
| format |
Still Image |
| title |
Dug-Out House Mortuary Pole |
| title_short |
Dug-Out House Mortuary Pole |
| title_full |
Dug-Out House Mortuary Pole |
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Dug-Out House Mortuary Pole |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Dug-Out House Mortuary Pole |
| title_sort |
dug-out house mortuary pole |
| publishDate |
1948 |
| url |
https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-4067/dug-out-house-mortuary-pole |
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Skidegate |
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ENVELOPE(-132.088,-132.088,53.255,53.255) ENVELOPE(-131.991,-131.991,53.266,53.266) |
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Queen Charlotte Skidegate |
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Queen Charlotte Skidegate |
| genre |
Killer Whale Killer whale |
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Killer Whale Killer whale |
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