The Big Eagle pole remains

Date
1968
Photographer: De Menil, Adelaide
Description

The body and wing of an Eagle from a Mortuary post from the Village of Cumshewa. The mortuary post is called ""The Big Eagle"" for the remains of of the house chief, ""Steep rock never covered by the tide.""

Subject (Geographic)
Cumshewa Village (B.C.)
Keywords
Haida
Eagle
Gwaii Haanas
Haida Gwaii
Mortuary Post
Totem Pole
Xaayda
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
Menil_HG_0011.jpg
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Copyright owner(s)

© Adelaide de Menil.

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