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This mortuary plaque featured a hawk-and-moon with a separately carved beak that was attached. The mortuary pole was removed to Victoria in 1956 without the plaque, which had disappeared many years before.

Two considerably short memorial poles featuring human figures that are each wearing a chief's hat are shown here in a group of mortuary poles. The mortuary pole in the centre went to Victoria in 1956 without the frontal plaque, which had disappeared many years before.

A finely carved interior post, an indication of the owner's high social standing, once stood at the back of a house. It had a large human figure at the top holding a chief. The chief wore a dance hat and had in his hands a talking stick. He stood on the head of a raven in transformation, with a beak beneath its human-like nose. The large grizzly bear at the base was devouring a human figure and had small bird faces in its nostrils and small bears in its ears. Although this pole stood at the…

The mortuary, on the left, that originally had a hawk-and-moon front plaque, was fully carved. The main figure on the support post was a grizzly bear, and above it a killer whale eating a man. The head of the man was upside down, and his arms emerged from the bear's ears. This pole was removed to Victoria in 1957 without the plaque, which had disappeared many years before, and now stands in the Museum of Anthropology at UBC.On the right, this short memorial pole depicted a seated human…

This mortuary had an ornately carved post depicting a killer whale with prominent triangular teeth, and a small human figure between its fin and tail. On its head was a small whale with three potlatch cylinders. The front plaque was probably painted.

This mortuary post with a grizzly bear with two human faces on its paws. The frontal plaque has fallen off and a tree has sprouted from that area.

This mortuary (centre) was carved with a double-finned killer whale with frogs on either side of its flukes. The mortuary originally had a plain frontal plaque, and the separately carved double-fins have fallen off the back of the whale and you can see two notches in the back where they would have been attached.The mortuary to the right displayed a carved beaver with four potlatch rings on its head and a painted plaque. At the base of the post are five small, seated human figures. In the…

On the left, this mortuary was carved with a double-finned killer whale with frogs on either side of its flukes. The mortuary originally had a plain frontal plaque, and the separately carved double-fins have fallen off the back of the whale. The two notches in the back are visible where the fins would have been attached.On the right, this mortuary displayed a carved beaver with four potlatch rings on its head and a painted plaque. At the base of the post are five small, seated human figures…

This carved mortuary post had a beaver at the base and an eagle above. The top of the post was badly burnt.

The base of the beaver mortuary. This mortuary displayed a carved beaver with four potlatch rings on its head and a painted plaque. Detailed here is the base of the post, which has five small, seated human figures below the paws of the beaver. Between the paws is a small face on the beavers tail.

At the back of the Raven House was an interior house post with a human figure embracing a hawk and a bear cub at the top, and a bear embracing a human figure at the base. Both the interior pole and the frontal pole from House 17 were removed to Victoria in 1957.

Lowering of the mortuary so that it could be transported to Victoria. This mortuary, which originally had a hawk-and-moon front plaque, was fully carved with a large grizzly bear, and above it a killer whale eating a man. The head of the man was upside down, and his arms emerged from the bear's ears.The people on the right are Bill Reid and Wilson Duff, 1925-1976.

The interior pole from the back of the Raven House has been lowered and is going to be shipped to Victoria. On the pole is a human figure embracing a hawk and a bear cub at the top, and a bear embracing a human figure at the base. Small frogs emerged from the bear's ears.

This carved mortuary post had a beaver at the base and an eagle above. The top of the post was badly burnt, and plant growth further destroyed the upper bird figure.

A mortuary post with a grizzly bear with two human faces on its paws. The frontal plaque has fallen off, and there is plant growth in the grave box compartment.