Killer Whale Mortuary

This mortuary had an ornately carved post depicting a killer whale with prominent triangular teeth, and a small human figure between its fin and tail. On its head was a small whale with three potlatch cylinders. The front plaque, which is no longer attached, was probably painted.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Adelaide de Menil
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1968
Subjects:
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Queen Charlotte
Killer Whale
Killer whale
Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5112/killer-whale-mortuary
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spelling ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_5112 2023-05-15T17:03:21+02:00 Killer Whale Mortuary Adelaide de Menil SGang Gwaay 1968 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5112/killer-whale-mortuary unknown billreid:5112 local: SGangGwaay60 uuid: d8004af5-c078-4446-b214-9b3be209dd25 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5112/killer-whale-mortuary Haida --- Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Skungwaii--Ninstints--Nan Sdins--World Heritage Site--Haida Gwaii--Anthony Island-- Haida --- SGang Gwaay--Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Skungwaii--Ninstints--Nan Sdins--World Heritage Site--Haida Gwaii--Anthony Island-- Photographs StillImage 1968 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:07Z This mortuary had an ornately carved post depicting a killer whale with prominent triangular teeth, and a small human figure between its fin and tail. On its head was a small whale with three potlatch cylinders. The front plaque, which is no longer attached, was probably painted. Still Image Killer Whale Killer whale SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University) Queen Charlotte ENVELOPE(-132.088,-132.088,53.255,53.255)
institution Open Polar
collection SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University)
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topic Haida --- Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Skungwaii--Ninstints--Nan Sdins--World Heritage Site--Haida Gwaii--Anthony Island--
Haida --- SGang Gwaay--Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Skungwaii--Ninstints--Nan Sdins--World Heritage Site--Haida Gwaii--Anthony Island--
spellingShingle Haida --- Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Skungwaii--Ninstints--Nan Sdins--World Heritage Site--Haida Gwaii--Anthony Island--
Haida --- SGang Gwaay--Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Skungwaii--Ninstints--Nan Sdins--World Heritage Site--Haida Gwaii--Anthony Island--
Killer Whale Mortuary
topic_facet Haida --- Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Skungwaii--Ninstints--Nan Sdins--World Heritage Site--Haida Gwaii--Anthony Island--
Haida --- SGang Gwaay--Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Skungwaii--Ninstints--Nan Sdins--World Heritage Site--Haida Gwaii--Anthony Island--
description This mortuary had an ornately carved post depicting a killer whale with prominent triangular teeth, and a small human figure between its fin and tail. On its head was a small whale with three potlatch cylinders. The front plaque, which is no longer attached, was probably painted.
author2 Adelaide de Menil
format Still Image
title Killer Whale Mortuary
title_short Killer Whale Mortuary
title_full Killer Whale Mortuary
title_fullStr Killer Whale Mortuary
title_full_unstemmed Killer Whale Mortuary
title_sort killer whale mortuary
publishDate 1968
url https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5112/killer-whale-mortuary
op_coverage SGang Gwaay
long_lat ENVELOPE(-132.088,-132.088,53.255,53.255)
geographic Queen Charlotte
geographic_facet Queen Charlotte
genre Killer Whale
Killer whale
genre_facet Killer Whale
Killer whale
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https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5112/killer-whale-mortuary
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