Eagle Halibut Pole

Eagle-Halibut Pole of Laay was carved by Oyee for Chief Laay of the Eagle tribe. It stood 55 ft tall when it was erected ca. 1870. This pole originally stood at Gwinwoḵ before a flood washed it downriver around 1900. The pole then stood at Git'iks before being purchased by the UBC Museum of Ant...

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Other Authors: C.M. Barbeau
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1927
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Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5483/eagle-halibut-pole
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spelling ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_5483 2023-05-15T17:23:47+02:00 Eagle Halibut Pole C.M. Barbeau Git'iks 1927 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5483/eagle-halibut-pole unknown billreid:5483 local: Anguidah0006copy uuid: 82ec1fd2-bf54-4628-a39a-5dddef687b77 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5483/eagle-halibut-pole Images from the research archive of Dr. George and Joanne MacDonald. No known rights exist. Nishga--Gitex--Gitix--Nass River--totem pole--box--chest--mortuary--monument-- Photographs StillImage 1927 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:10Z Eagle-Halibut Pole of Laay was carved by Oyee for Chief Laay of the Eagle tribe. It stood 55 ft tall when it was erected ca. 1870. This pole originally stood at Gwinwoḵ before a flood washed it downriver around 1900. The pole then stood at Git'iks before being purchased by the UBC Museum of Anthropology in 1947, where it is currently on display. Still Image Nishga SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University) Nass River ENVELOPE(-129.845,-129.845,54.992,54.992)
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Eagle Halibut Pole
topic_facet Nishga--Gitex--Gitix--Nass River--totem pole--box--chest--mortuary--monument--
description Eagle-Halibut Pole of Laay was carved by Oyee for Chief Laay of the Eagle tribe. It stood 55 ft tall when it was erected ca. 1870. This pole originally stood at Gwinwoḵ before a flood washed it downriver around 1900. The pole then stood at Git'iks before being purchased by the UBC Museum of Anthropology in 1947, where it is currently on display.
author2 C.M. Barbeau
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title Eagle Halibut Pole
title_short Eagle Halibut Pole
title_full Eagle Halibut Pole
title_fullStr Eagle Halibut Pole
title_full_unstemmed Eagle Halibut Pole
title_sort eagle halibut pole
publishDate 1927
url https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5483/eagle-halibut-pole
op_coverage Git'iks
long_lat ENVELOPE(-129.845,-129.845,54.992,54.992)
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genre Nishga
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op_rights Images from the research archive of Dr. George and Joanne MacDonald. No known rights exist.
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