Mortuary Poles

On the left is a mortuary that was originally fluted in the section directly below the frontal plaque. Weathering has softened the appearance of this detailing. On the right, a two-finned killer whale mortuary that has lost its frontal plaque and both of the whale flukes. The mortuary is very simila...

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Other Authors: C.M. Barbeau
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1947
Subjects:
Haida > - Skedans > Kona > Hydah > Queen Charlotte Islands > Totem Poles > Haida Gwaii >
Haida > - K'uuna (Skedans) > Skedans > Kona > Hydah > Queen Charlotte Islands > Totem Poles > Haida Gwaii >
Queen Charlotte
Skedans
Killer Whale
Killer whale
Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5151/mortuary-poles
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spelling ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_5151 2023-05-15T17:03:30+02:00 Mortuary Poles C.M. Barbeau K'uuna (Skedans) 1947 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5151/mortuary-poles unknown billreid:5151 local: Kuuna07 uuid: 2fdfc722-6275-4527-a9fc-afafd25fce2e https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5151/mortuary-poles Haida --- Skedans--Kona--Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Totem Poles--Haida Gwaii-- Haida --- K'uuna (Skedans)--Skedans--Kona--Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Totem Poles--Haida Gwaii-- Photographs StillImage 1947 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:09Z On the left is a mortuary that was originally fluted in the section directly below the frontal plaque. Weathering has softened the appearance of this detailing. On the right, a two-finned killer whale mortuary that has lost its frontal plaque and both of the whale flukes. The mortuary is very similar to another pole further down the row, except that pole has only one fin and did not have a figure below the whale. Still Image Killer Whale Killer whale SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University) Queen Charlotte ENVELOPE(-132.088,-132.088,53.255,53.255) Skedans ENVELOPE(-131.616,-131.616,52.966,52.966)
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collection SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University)
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topic Haida --- Skedans--Kona--Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Totem Poles--Haida Gwaii--
Haida --- K'uuna (Skedans)--Skedans--Kona--Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Totem Poles--Haida Gwaii--
spellingShingle Haida --- Skedans--Kona--Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Totem Poles--Haida Gwaii--
Haida --- K'uuna (Skedans)--Skedans--Kona--Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Totem Poles--Haida Gwaii--
Mortuary Poles
topic_facet Haida --- Skedans--Kona--Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Totem Poles--Haida Gwaii--
Haida --- K'uuna (Skedans)--Skedans--Kona--Hydah--Queen Charlotte Islands--Totem Poles--Haida Gwaii--
description On the left is a mortuary that was originally fluted in the section directly below the frontal plaque. Weathering has softened the appearance of this detailing. On the right, a two-finned killer whale mortuary that has lost its frontal plaque and both of the whale flukes. The mortuary is very similar to another pole further down the row, except that pole has only one fin and did not have a figure below the whale.
author2 C.M. Barbeau
format Still Image
title Mortuary Poles
title_short Mortuary Poles
title_full Mortuary Poles
title_fullStr Mortuary Poles
title_full_unstemmed Mortuary Poles
title_sort mortuary poles
publishDate 1947
url https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5151/mortuary-poles
op_coverage K'uuna (Skedans)
long_lat ENVELOPE(-132.088,-132.088,53.255,53.255)
ENVELOPE(-131.616,-131.616,52.966,52.966)
geographic Queen Charlotte
Skedans
geographic_facet Queen Charlotte
Skedans
genre Killer Whale
Killer whale
genre_facet Killer Whale
Killer whale
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