Mortuary and Memorial Pole
The mortuary, on the left, that originally had a hawk-and-moon front plaque, was fully carved. The main figure on the support post was a grizzly bear, and above it a killer whale eating a man. The head of the man was upside down, and his arms emerged from the bear’s ears. This pole was removed to Vi...
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> Queen Charlotte Islands
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> Anthony Island
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ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_5134 2023-05-15T17:03:34+02:00 Mortuary and Memorial Pole C.M. Barbeau SGang Gwaay 1947 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5134/mortuary-and-memorial-pole unknown billreid:5134 local: SGangGwaay08 uuid: d20c1760-4842-4b2a-b4df-799bd7316587 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5134/mortuary-and-memorial-pole 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 1947 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:07Z The mortuary, on the left, that originally had a hawk-and-moon front plaque, was fully carved. The main figure on the support post was a grizzly bear, and above it a killer whale eating a man. The head of the man was upside down, and his arms emerged from the bear’s ears. This pole was removed to Victoria in 1957 without the plaque, which had disappeared many years before, and now stands in the Museum of Anthropology at UBC. On the right, this short memorial pole depicted a seated human figure wearing a chief’s hat. This memorial pole was purchased by the Totem Pole Preservation Committee and moved to the Royal BC Museum, Victoria in 1957. Still Image Killer Whale Killer whale SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University) Queen Charlotte ENVELOPE(-132.088,-132.088,53.255,53.255) |
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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-- |
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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-- Mortuary and Memorial Pole |
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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-- |
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The mortuary, on the left, that originally had a hawk-and-moon front plaque, was fully carved. The main figure on the support post was a grizzly bear, and above it a killer whale eating a man. The head of the man was upside down, and his arms emerged from the bear’s ears. This pole was removed to Victoria in 1957 without the plaque, which had disappeared many years before, and now stands in the Museum of Anthropology at UBC. On the right, this short memorial pole depicted a seated human figure wearing a chief’s hat. This memorial pole was purchased by the Totem Pole Preservation Committee and moved to the Royal BC Museum, Victoria in 1957. |
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C.M. Barbeau |
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Mortuary and Memorial Pole |
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Mortuary and Memorial Pole |
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Mortuary and Memorial Pole |
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Mortuary and Memorial Pole |
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Mortuary and Memorial Pole |
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mortuary and memorial pole |
publishDate |
1947 |
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https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5134/mortuary-and-memorial-pole |
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SGang Gwaay |
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ENVELOPE(-132.088,-132.088,53.255,53.255) |
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Queen Charlotte |
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Queen Charlotte |
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Killer Whale Killer whale |
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Killer Whale Killer whale |
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