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Title: Raven Memorial Pole in Yan
Description: Memorial pole with a raven at the top (with a beak bent downwards), a plane pole, with a grizzly at the base.
Date: 1968, 1968

Title: Remains of a Pole in Yan
Description: Remains of a pole in the village of Yan. Likely the remains of an old mortuary post with a large figure of a thunderbird and small flanked by small human figures (Upside down human leg).
Date: 1968, 1968

Title: Remains of a Pole in Yan
Description: Remains of a pole in the village of Yan. Likely the remains of an old mortuary post with a large figure of a thunderbird and small flanked by small human figures (Upside down human leg).
Date: 1968, 1968

Title: Remains of a Pole in Yan
Description: Remains of a pole in the village of Yan. Likely the remains of an old mortuary post with a large figure of a thunderbird and small flanked by small human figures (Upside down human leg).
Date: 1968, 1968

Title: Remains of a Shaman Mortuary in Yan
Description: Remains of a pole at Yan. Likely a remaining post of two for a traditional shaman mortuary. Two identical posts, depicting the shaman, stood at the front corners of the mortuary.
Date: 1968, 1968

Title: In Visible Colours Benefit Featuring: Gail Bowen, Cheryl Harrison, Katari Taiko, Mexican Folk Dance Society, Yu Jing-Yan
Description: IN VISIBLE COLOURS BENEFIT FEATURING: GAIL BOWEN CHERYL HARRISON KATARI TAIKO MEXICAN FOLK DANCE SOCIETY YU JING-YAN/ SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 8 PM/ Vancouver East Cultural Centre 1895 Venables/ Raffle draw: 2 Vancouver Folk Music Festival passes 2 Vancouver East Cinema passes 1-year membership to Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Gardens Tayari Boutique - voucher ...
Show moreIN VISIBLE COLOURS BENEFIT FEATURING: GAIL BOWEN CHERYL HARRISON KATARI TAIKO MEXICAN FOLK DANCE SOCIETY YU JING-YAN/ SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 8 PM/ Vancouver East Cultural Centre 1895 Venables/ Raffle draw: 2 Vancouver Folk Music Festival passes 2 Vancouver East Cinema passes 1-year membership to Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Gardens Tayari Boutique - voucher ... and many more!/ TICKETS: / unemployed RESERVATIONS: 254-9578 INFORMATION: 872-2250/ ON SALE AT: Ariel Books - Highlife Books - Women in Focus/ Proceeds to In Visible Colours: An International Women of Colour and Third World Women Film/Video Festival Symposium, November 15-19, 1989. Sponsored by Women in Focus and the National Film Board, with support from Vancouver Society on Immigrant Women./ M.A 3/17/89
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Date: 1989-03-17

Title: Fallen Pole
Description: Fallen frontal pole lying in the long grass in the abandoned village of Yan.
Date: 1947, 1947

Title: Double Mortuary at Yaku
Description: Remains of a double post mortuary, that had two posts carved like eagle legs
Date: 1968, 1968

Title: Mortuary
Description: At the north end of the house row was an unusual mortuary supported on three posts. It had an elaborate crest carving of a thunderbird on the front plaque. The only comparable mortuaries are one at Tian and another at Yaku.
Date: 1919, 1919

Title: Profile: Grizzly Memorial
Description: A memorial pole with a raven at the top (with beak bent down), supported by a plain shaft, with a grizzly bear at the base.
Date: 1947, 1947

Title: Detail: Raven
Description: Detail of a raven (with beak bent down) at the top of a memorial pole that is supported by a plain shaft.
Date: 1968, 1968

Title: Grizzly Memorial
Description: A memorial pole with a raven at the top (with beak bent down), supported by a plain shaft, with a grizzly bear at the base.
Date: 1968, 1968

Title: Detail: Eye
Description: Detail of the eye of a raven (with beak bent down) that sits on top of a memorial pole.
Date: 1968, 1968

Title: Flower Memorial
Description: In the foreground stands an unusual memorial with three crest figurines and the rare use of a flower motif, supposedly inspired by the gardens of Victoria. At the top of this pole was an eagle, below which were two stems with leaves and flowers, and at the base two grizzly bears.
Date: ca. 1910-1930, 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930

Title: Profile: Eagle
Description: Detail of the profile of the eagle that sits on top of a short plain post. This pole is one of the last remaining historic poles standing at Yan.
Date: 1968, 1968

Title: Memorials and Mortuary Poles
Description: On the left is a memorial pole featuring a man wearing a hat of four cylinders and holding a fish club. Next to it is a short mortuary post with a thunderbird figure and hummingbird memorial associated with the Flicker House.
Date: ca. 1890-1910, 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910

Title: Killer Whale House Frontal Pole
Description: The frontal pole of the Killer Whale House depicts a grizzly bear with four potlatch cylinders on its head, which is followed by the Bear Mother holding one cub with a second cub at her feet. Next is a grizzly bear eating a frog, and at the base is a grizzly bear with a protruding tongue.
Date: 1932, 1932

Title: Eagle Memorial
Description: A memorial with a carving of an eagle on top of a short plain post. In the background is a house, a frontal pole and a few memorials.
Date: 1932, 1932

Title: Watchmen Memorial
Description: A memorial post erected after 1881 with a watchman at the top wearing a dance hat with nine potlatch cylinders. A plain shaft intervened, followed by a bear with extended tongue, and at the base is a whale.
Date: 1932, 1932

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