Sonnihat Carved House Posts

Date
1967
Photographer: De Menil, Adelaide
Description

Elaborate carved house posts inside chief ""Sonnihat""'s house. Chief ""Sonnihat"" belonged to an eagle lineage, and the whale was part of his crest figures, which the two corner posts represent. The pole in the center was known as ""Head House Totem""

Subject (Geographic)
New Kasaan
Keywords
Haida
Kaigani
Alaska
Interior Longhouse saanaheit Son I Hat sonny hat Sunny Hat
Xaayda
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
Menil_HG_0226.jpg
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Copyright owner(s)

© Adelaide de Menil.

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