Mortuary Pole Preservation

Date
1957
Corporate name
Description

Lowering of the mortuary so that it could be transported to Victoria. This mortuary, which originally had a hawk-and-moon front plaque, was fully carved with a large grizzly bear, and above it a killer whale eating a man. The head of the man was upside down, and his arms emerged from the bear's ears.The people on the right are Bill Reid and Wilson Duff, 1925-1976.

Subject (Geographic)
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Identifier
SGangGwaay16
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