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Title: Eagle Mortuary
Description: This large carved mortuary depicted an eagle standing on a seal. The front plaque that was attached above the horizontal piece of wood was left plain.
Date: 1968, 1968

Title: Detail: Killer Whale Face
Description: This mortuary post stood on the slope and depicted a grizzly bear at the base. Frogs emerged from the bear’s ears, and between the ears was a whale devouring a man.
Date: 1968, 1968

Title: Detail: Frog
Description: On this mortuary was carved a double-finned killer whale with frogs on other side of its flukes. This is a detail of the frog from the right side of the pole.
Date: 1968, 1968

Title: Decaying Mortuary Poles
Description: Standing is a grizzly bear mortuary, and fallen is a double-finned killer whale mortuary.
Date: 1968, 1968

Title: Grizzly Bear Mortuary
Description: This mortuary post was carved with a large grizzly bear holding a frog between its paws, with another frog between its ears, which you can see the face of sticking out from underneath the plant growth.
Date: ca. 1980, 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989

Title: Grizzly Bear Mortuary
Description: The mortuary post depicts a grizzly bear holding a human figure.
Date: ca. 1980, 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989

Title: House Remains
Description: Gambrel interlocking with corner post from the remains of a house frame.
Date: ca. 1980, 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989

Title: Raven House Frontal Pole
Description: The frontal pole is being prepared to be lowered for conservation by the Totem Pole Conservation Committee. Bill Reid is near the entry hole carved through the stomach of the bear at the base of the pole.
Date: 1957, 1957

Title: Mortuary and Memorial Pole
Description: The mortuary, on the left, that originally had a hawk-and-moon front plaque, was fully carved. The main figure on the support post was a grizzly bear, and above it a killer whale eating a man. The head of the man was upside down, and his arms emerged from the bear’s ears. This pole was removed to Victoria in 1957 without the plaque, which had
Show moreThe mortuary, on the left, that originally had a hawk-and-moon front plaque, was fully carved. The main figure on the support post was a grizzly bear, and above it a killer whale eating a man. The head of the man was upside down, and his arms emerged from the bear’s ears. This pole was removed to Victoria in 1957 without the plaque, which had disappeared many years before, and now stands in the Museum of Anthropology at UBC.

On the right, this short memorial pole depicted a seated human figure wearing a chief’s hat. This memorial pole was purchased by the Totem Pole Preservation Committee and moved to the Royal BC Museum, Victoria in 1957.
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Date: 1947, 1947

Title: Detail: Face
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.
Date: 1968, 1968

Title: Burned Mortuary Pole
Description: This carved mortuary post had a beaver at the base and an eagle above. The top of the post was badly burnt.
Date: 1947, 1947

Title: Detail: Base
Description: The base of the beaver mortuary. This mortuary displayed a carved beaver with four potlatch rings on its head and a painted plaque. Detailed here is the base of the post, which has five small, seated human figures below the paws of the beaver. Between the paws is a small face on the beavers tail.
Date: 1947, 1947

Title: Detail: Interior Pole
Description: At the back of the Raven House was an interior house post with a human figure embracing a hawk and a bear cub at the top, and a bear embracing a human figure at the base. Both the interior pole and the frontal pole from House 17 were removed to Victoria in 1957.
Date: 1957, 1957

Title: Grizzly Bear Mortuary
Description: This mortuary post with a grizzly bear with two human faces on its paws. The frontal plaque has fallen off and a tree has sprouted from that area.
Date: 1947, 1947

Title: Killer Whale Mortuary and Beaver Mortuary
Description: This mortuary (centre) was carved with a double-finned killer whale with frogs on either side of its flukes. The mortuary originally had a plain frontal plaque, and the separately carved double-fins have fallen off the back of the whale and you can see two notches in the back where they would have been attached.

The mortuary to the right displayed a
Show moreThis mortuary (centre) was carved with a double-finned killer whale with frogs on either side of its flukes. The mortuary originally had a plain frontal plaque, and the separately carved double-fins have fallen off the back of the whale and you can see two notches in the back where they would have been attached.

The mortuary to the right displayed a carved beaver with four potlatch rings on its head and a painted plaque. At the base of the post are five small, seated human figures. In the background are two of the burned mortuaries from the south end of the village.
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Date: 1947, 1947

Title: Killer Whale Mortuary and Beaver Mortuary
Description: On the left, this mortuary was carved with a double-finned killer whale with frogs on either side of its flukes. The mortuary originally had a plain frontal plaque, and the separately carved double-fins have fallen off the back of the whale. The two notches in the back are visible where the fins would have been attached.

On the right, this mortuary
Show moreOn the left, this mortuary was carved with a double-finned killer whale with frogs on either side of its flukes. The mortuary originally had a plain frontal plaque, and the separately carved double-fins have fallen off the back of the whale. The two notches in the back are visible where the fins would have been attached.

On the right, this mortuary displayed a carved beaver with four potlatch rings on its head and a painted plaque. At the base of the post are five small, seated human figures.
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Date: 1947, 1947

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