Mortuary

Date
1919
Photographer: Smith, Harlan Ingersoll, 1872-1939
Description

At the north end of the house row was an unusual mortuary supported on three posts. It had an elaborate crest carving of a thunderbird on the front plaque. The only comparable mortuaries are one at Tian and another at Yaku.

Physical location
Canadian Museum of History
Subject (Geographic)
Yan Village (Haida Gwaii, B.C.)
Keywords
Haida
Hydah
Queen Charlotte Islands
Haida Gwaii
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
Yan58
Copyright
Copyright has expired in Canada.
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