Mortuary Poles in Skedans

Date
1968
Personal name
Photographer: De Menil, Adelaide
Description

Left: Mortuary pole erected for Gwa.igixa, a name which reffered to the medicinal plant. Gwa.igixa was of the Dijigua Town People, one of the Eagle families who occupied the village. Once above the carved ealge was a plaque that had a painted Eagle design. Right: Mortuary Pole erected for Xaosti, an owner of a house in the village of Skedans. The pole has the figure of a Killer Whale eating a seal at the base, above is a grizzly bear eating a boy. The pole originally had a plague at the head of the pole.

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Genre
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Type of resource
Still Image
Identifier
Menil_HG_0867.jpg
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