Bear Manda

Date
1968
Photographer: De Menil, Adelaide
Description

An overgrown Carved Figure resting on the forest floor in the village of Chaatl. The figure has attributes of the Bear. The figure is not a totem pole, but a Manda, a figure that supports the coffin of a deceased chief.

Subject (Geographic)
Chaatl
Keywords
Haida
bear
Carved Figure
Cha'atl
Gwaii Haanas
Haida Gwaii
manda
Xaayda
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
Menil_HG_0005.jpg
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Copyright owner(s)

© Adelaide de Menil.

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