Whale Memorial

Date

1941

Contributor: National Film Board of Canada

Description

This memorial pole was originally erected after 1881, and is shown here after it has fallen. The pole features a watchman at the top wearing a dance hat with nine potlatch cylinders. Next, a plain shaft intervened, followed by a bear with extended tongue, and at the base a whale.

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