Thunderbird Mortuary

Date
1941
Contributor: National Film Board of Canada
Description

At the north end of this row was an unusual mortuary supported on three posts. It had an elaborate crest carving of a thunderbird on the front plaque. The only comparable mortuaries are one at Tian and another at Yaku.

Physical location
Public Archives of Canada
Subject (Geographic)
Yan Village (Haida Gwaii, B.C.)
Keywords
Haida
Hydah
Queen Charlotte Islands
Haida Gwaii
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
Yan54
Copyright
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