Totem with Cloths Line Behind

Date
1967
Photographer: De Menil, Adelaide
Description

Totem pole that was subversivley dedicated to King George 6th due to ani-potlatching laws in Canada at the time it was raised. The memorial Pole, now called the Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw pole was carved between 1936 and 1938 and was erected in 1938.

Subject (Geographic)
Gwa'yi (Kingcome Inlet)
Keywords
Kwakwaka'wakw
Northwest Coast
Native
First Nation
Art
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
de_Menil_Slide_Donation284
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Copyright owner(s)

© Adelaide de Menil.

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