Grizzly Bear Mortuary

This mortuary was for a niece of Chief Skedans. On the front plaque was a mountain goat. At the top of the post was a grizzly bear holding a small killer whale. On the face of the post five coppers were incised, two on each side and one at the front. The pole is shown here after a tree split the upp...

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Other Authors: Adelaide de Menil
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1968
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Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5177/grizzly-bear-mortuary
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spelling ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_5177 2023-05-15T17:03:30+02:00 Grizzly Bear Mortuary Adelaide de Menil K'uuna (Skedans) 1968 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5177/grizzly-bear-mortuary unknown billreid:5177 local: Kuuna31 uuid: a28153cf-c62d-4a43-bb1c-aa5e99d187f1 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5177/grizzly-bear-mortuary 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 1968 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:09Z This mortuary was for a niece of Chief Skedans. On the front plaque was a mountain goat. At the top of the post was a grizzly bear holding a small killer whale. On the face of the post five coppers were incised, two on each side and one at the front. The pole is shown here after a tree split the upper section from the lower standing section. 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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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--
Grizzly Bear Mortuary
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 This mortuary was for a niece of Chief Skedans. On the front plaque was a mountain goat. At the top of the post was a grizzly bear holding a small killer whale. On the face of the post five coppers were incised, two on each side and one at the front. The pole is shown here after a tree split the upper section from the lower standing section.
author2 Adelaide de Menil
format Still Image
title Grizzly Bear Mortuary
title_short Grizzly Bear Mortuary
title_full Grizzly Bear Mortuary
title_fullStr Grizzly Bear Mortuary
title_full_unstemmed Grizzly Bear Mortuary
title_sort grizzly bear mortuary
publishDate 1968
url https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5177/grizzly-bear-mortuary
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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