Detail: Face

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 was probably painted.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Adelaide de Menil
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1968
Subjects:
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 >
Queen Charlotte
Killer Whale
Killer whale
Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5135/detail-face
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spelling ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_5135 2023-05-15T17:03:28+02:00 Detail: Face Adelaide de Menil SGang Gwaay 1968 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5135/detail-face unknown billreid:5135 local: SGangGwaay09 uuid: cdf3d7e2-3a63-4494-83da-1811faf69394 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5135/detail-face 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 2019-07-10T07:05:08Z 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 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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language unknown
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--
Detail: Face
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 was probably painted.
author2 Adelaide de Menil
format Still Image
title Detail: Face
title_short Detail: Face
title_full Detail: Face
title_fullStr Detail: Face
title_full_unstemmed Detail: Face
title_sort detail: face
publishDate 1968
url https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5135/detail-face
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
op_relation billreid:5135
local: SGangGwaay09
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