Bear Grave Totem at Sukwan

Date
1966
Photographer: De Menil, Adelaide
Description

A remaining monumental, which was a grave totem. The figure is of a mother bear, beside her were two cubs, all whom were holding salmon. The cubs were traded for two marble slabs for grave stones the mother bear watched over.

Subject (Geographic)
Sukwan
Keywords
Haida
Kaigani
Alaska
Sukwan Xaayda
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
Menil_HG_0900.jpg
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Copyright owner(s)

© Adelaide de Menil.

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