Front View of Sea Monster House

Date
1912
Photographer: Crutis, E. P.
Description

Chief Skow's Sea Monster House with pole in place and sea monster housefront painting still visible. A replica of this pole is now at the Burke Museum, University of Washington. One of the heads of the sisiutl (two headed serpent) atop the neighbouring house is also visible.

Subject (Geographic)
Gwayasdums (Gilford Island)
Keywords
Kwakwaka'wakw
Scow House
Skow House
Gwaestums
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
Gwayasdums23
Copyright
Copyright has expired in Canada.
Terms of use
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