Date
1929
Personal name
Photographer: Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Description
The pole of Sagaween is the tallest totem pole that was ever carved in the Nass River Valley. It was carved by Oyee for Chief Sagaween of the Eagle tribe. It stood 81 ft tall when it was erected at Git'iks ca. 1865. It was bought by the Royal Ontario Museum in 1928 and is currently on displayed.
Physical location
Canadian Museum of History 70687
Subject (Geographic)
Keywords
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Identifier
Gitix0003
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