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An overgrown Carved Figure resting on the forest floor in the village of Chaatl. The figure has attributes of the Bear. The figure is not a totem pole, but a Manda, a figure that supports the coffin of a deceased chief.

An overgrown Carved Figure resting on the forest floor in the village of Chaatl. The figure has attributes of the Bear. The figure is not a totem pole, but a Manda, a figure that supports the coffin of a deceased chief.

An overgrown Carved Figure resting on the forest floor in the village of Chaatl. The figure has attributes of the Bear. The figure is not a totem pole, but a Manda, a figure that supports the coffin of a deceased chief.

An overgrown Carved Figure resting on the forest floor in the village of Chaatl. The figure has attributes of the Bear. The figure is not a totem pole, but a Manda, a figure that supports the coffin of a deceased chief.

An overgrown Carved Figure resting on the forest floor in the village of Chaatl. The figure has attributes of the Bear. The figure is not a totem pole, but a Manda, a figure that supports the coffin of a deceased chief.

Details of a pole in Howkan that symbolizes a long tale. A man who turned into a sea monster and was betrayed by his mother-in-law. The pole originally had a Bear at the base with the man sitting between the ears, and the sea monster above. His mother-in-law sits above the monster wearing a headdress and holding two ring rattles.

Remnants of totem pole, split by a tree

Likely the remnants of mortuary posts

Likely the remnants of mortuary posts

The body and wing of an Eagle from a Mortuary post from the Village of Cumshewa. The mortuary post is called ""The Big Eagle"" for the remains of of the house chief, ""Steep rock never covered by the tide.""

The body and wing of an Eagle from a Mortuary post from the Village of Cumshewa. The mortuary post is called ""The Big Eagle"" for the remains of of the house chief, ""Steep rock never covered by the tide.""

Detail of 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.

Detail of 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.

Detail of 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.

Detail of 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.