Sagaween Pole Purchase

The pole of Sagaween is the tallest totem pole that was ever carved in the Nass River Valley. It was carved by Oyee for Chief Sagaween of the Eagle tribe. It stood 81 ft tall when it was erected at Git'iks ca. 1865. It was bought by the Royal Ontario Museum in 1928 and is currently on displayed...

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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-5600/sagaween-pole-purchase
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spelling ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_5600 2023-05-15T17:23:47+02:00 Sagaween Pole Purchase C.M. Barbeau Git'iks 1927 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5600/sagaween-pole-purchase unknown billreid:5600 local: Gitix0003 uuid: de8c6e11-fd2a-459b-a264-d7f170d5d0fe https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5600/sagaween-pole-purchase Images from the research archive of Dr. George and Joanne MacDonald. No known rights exist. Nishga--Gitex--Gitix--Nass River--totem pole--monument-- Photographs StillImage 1927 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:08Z The pole of Sagaween is the tallest totem pole that was ever carved in the Nass River Valley. It was carved by Oyee for Chief Sagaween of the Eagle tribe. It stood 81 ft tall when it was erected at Git'iks ca. 1865. It was bought by the Royal Ontario Museum in 1928 and is currently on displayed. Still Image Nishga SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University) Nass River ENVELOPE(-129.845,-129.845,54.992,54.992)
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Sagaween Pole Purchase
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description The pole of Sagaween is the tallest totem pole that was ever carved in the Nass River Valley. It was carved by Oyee for Chief Sagaween of the Eagle tribe. It stood 81 ft tall when it was erected at Git'iks ca. 1865. It was bought by the Royal Ontario Museum in 1928 and is currently on displayed.
author2 C.M. Barbeau
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title Sagaween Pole Purchase
title_short Sagaween Pole Purchase
title_full Sagaween Pole Purchase
title_fullStr Sagaween Pole Purchase
title_full_unstemmed Sagaween Pole Purchase
title_sort sagaween pole purchase
publishDate 1927
url https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5600/sagaween-pole-purchase
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long_lat ENVELOPE(-129.845,-129.845,54.992,54.992)
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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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