Profile: Killer Whale and Hok Hok Monument

Side profile: This monument appears to be of a killer whale with a hok hok bird on its back. There is a board wedged between the dorsal fin of the whale and the beak of the bird to help support the weight of the beak. The whale's pectoral fins rise along each side of the bird. A flag pole also...

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Other Authors: Wilson Duff
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1950
Subjects:
Kwakwaka’wakw > - Memorial > Kingcome >
Kwakwaka’wakw > - Gwa'yi (Dzawada'enuxw) > Memorial > Kingcome >
The Beak
Killer Whale
Killer whale
Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-4426/profile-killer-whale-and-hok-hok-monument
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spelling ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_4426 2023-05-15T17:03:22+02:00 Profile: Killer Whale and Hok Hok Monument Wilson Duff Gwa'yi (Dzawada'enuxw) ca. 1950 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-4426/profile-killer-whale-and-hok-hok-monument unknown billreid:4426 local: Gwayi09 uuid: 75d28975-8daf-434e-aa17-a8ff69b1e9c3 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-4426/profile-killer-whale-and-hok-hok-monument Kwakwaka’wakw --- Memorial--Kingcome-- Kwakwaka’wakw --- Gwa'yi (Dzawada'enuxw)--Memorial--Kingcome-- Photographs StillImage 1950 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:07Z Side profile: This monument appears to be of a killer whale with a hok hok bird on its back. There is a board wedged between the dorsal fin of the whale and the beak of the bird to help support the weight of the beak. The whale's pectoral fins rise along each side of the bird. A flag pole also appears to be rising from the birds head and may have been used for ceremonial banners. Still Image Killer Whale Killer whale SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University) The Beak ENVELOPE(-130.771,-130.771,56.466,56.466)
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topic Kwakwaka’wakw --- Memorial--Kingcome--
Kwakwaka’wakw --- Gwa'yi (Dzawada'enuxw)--Memorial--Kingcome--
spellingShingle Kwakwaka’wakw --- Memorial--Kingcome--
Kwakwaka’wakw --- Gwa'yi (Dzawada'enuxw)--Memorial--Kingcome--
Profile: Killer Whale and Hok Hok Monument
topic_facet Kwakwaka’wakw --- Memorial--Kingcome--
Kwakwaka’wakw --- Gwa'yi (Dzawada'enuxw)--Memorial--Kingcome--
description Side profile: This monument appears to be of a killer whale with a hok hok bird on its back. There is a board wedged between the dorsal fin of the whale and the beak of the bird to help support the weight of the beak. The whale's pectoral fins rise along each side of the bird. A flag pole also appears to be rising from the birds head and may have been used for ceremonial banners.
author2 Wilson Duff
format Still Image
title Profile: Killer Whale and Hok Hok Monument
title_short Profile: Killer Whale and Hok Hok Monument
title_full Profile: Killer Whale and Hok Hok Monument
title_fullStr Profile: Killer Whale and Hok Hok Monument
title_full_unstemmed Profile: Killer Whale and Hok Hok Monument
title_sort profile: killer whale and hok hok monument
publishDate 1950
url https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-4426/profile-killer-whale-and-hok-hok-monument
op_coverage Gwa'yi (Dzawada'enuxw)
long_lat ENVELOPE(-130.771,-130.771,56.466,56.466)
geographic The Beak
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genre Killer Whale
Killer whale
genre_facet Killer Whale
Killer whale
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