Profile: Dorsal Fin Memorial

Date
1947
Photographer: Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Description

This memorial column, rectangular in cross section, symbolizing a killer whale dorsal fin, is surmounted by a figure of a chief with a tall hat. Originally a separate carving of a raven holding a copper sat on top of the chief's hat.

Physical location
Canadian Museum of History
Subject (Geographic)
Tanu
Keywords
Haida
Hydah
Queen Charlotte Islands
Tanu
Haida Gwaii
Klue
Kloo
Klew
Clew
Cloo
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
Tanu15
Copyright
Copyright has expired in Canada.
Terms of use
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