Detail: Plaque

Date
1901
Photographer: Newcombe, C. F.‏ (Charles Frederick),‏ ‎1851-1924
Description

This mortuary plaque featured a hawk-and-moon with a separately carved beak that was attached. The mortuary pole was removed to Victoria in 1956 without the plaque, which had disappeared many years before.

Subject (Geographic)
sGang Gwaay
Keywords
Haida
Hydah
Queen Charlotte Islands
Skungwaii
Ninstints
Nan Sdins
World Heritage Site
Haida Gwaii
Anthony Island
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
SGangGwaay05
Copyright
Copyright has expired in Canada.
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