Twin Mortuary Pole interupted by Tree

Date
1968
Photographer: De Menil, Adelaide
Description

One of the twin mortuary Pole in the southern Village of Cumshewa (hlqin7ul). At the base form is a human figure and below it is a supernatural snag in human form. There would be cylinders above the figures representing the number of potlatches.

Subject (Geographic)
Cumshewa Village (B.C.)
Keywords
Haida
Gwaii Haanas
Haida Gwaii
Totem Pole
Xaayda
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
Menil_HG_0026.jpg
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Copyright owner(s)

© Adelaide de Menil.

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