Figure Inside a Burial House

Date
1925
Photographer: Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Description

Inside one of the burial houses of the lower village sits this carved human figure. The figure was carved in memory of a person who passed away, and wears the clothes of the deceased.

Subject (Geographic)
Gitsegukla
Keywords
Tsimshian
Gitxsan
Totem Pole
Gitsegukla
Gitseguecla
Kitseguecla
grave house
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
Gitsegukla27
Copyright
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