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Steel dagger with carved figures on pommel and inlaid with abalone.

Ivory handle war knife with a beaded sheathe.

A Memorial pole with 14 sgil (potlatch rings) and a beaver at the base. The pole was raised for a brother of Captain Klue of Those Born at Skedans. The brother was among a number of people who drowned near Skedans.

A Memorial pole with 14 sgil (potlatch rings) and a beaver at the base. The pole was raised for a brother of Captain Klue of Those Born at Skedans. The brother was among a number of people who drowned near Skedans.

Double mortuary pole erected for the remains of a wife of the chief of Skedans, Xanadjat. One of her crests was the dogfish with a large labret. The dogfish crest came from Sitka Alaska, from a story of a woman who began to change into a dogfish while talking to her friends one day. Her nose lengthened and turn inwards towards her face.

Left: Double mortuary pole erected for the remains of a wife of the chief of Skedans, Xanadjat. One of her crests was the dogfish with a large labret. The dogfish crest came from Sitka Alaska, from a story of a woman who began to change into a dogfish while talking to her friends one day. Her nose lengthened and turn inwards towards her face. Right: Mortuary Pole for the remains of a member of Those Born at Skedans, an Eagle family. On the plague was a Beaver holding a stick in its paws,…

Fallen totem poles in the village of Skedans

Detail of A mortuary pole raised for the chief of Skedan's niece, who was of the same family. The plaque had the head of the mountain goat, and a grizzly bear below, which was holding a small killer whale.

A mortuary pole raised for the chief of Skedan's niece, who was of the same family. The plauge had the head of the mountain goat, and a grizzly bear below, which was holding a small killer whale.

A mortuary pole raised for the chief of Skedan's niece, who was of the same family. The plauge had the head of the mountain goat, and a grizzly bear below, which was holding a small killer whale.

Front: Memorial Pole erected Gadaga of Those Born at Skedans, the first wife of Chief Skedans Back: A Memorial pole with 14 sgil (potlatch rings) and a beaver at the base. The pole was raised for a brother of Captain Klue of Those Born at Skedans. The brother was among a number of people who drowned near Skedans.

Memorial Pole erected Gadaga of Those Born at Skedans, the first wife of Chief Skedans

Memorial Pole erected Gadaga of Those Born at Skedans, the first wife of Chief Skedans

A Mortuary pole erected for a man of the People of Cumshewas by his brother G'aubelx kalxwa (""The man who consumed eagle down""). The crest on the front plaque was a grizzly bear, and on the pole is a two finned killer whale.

A Mortuary pole erected for a man of the People of Cumshewas by his brother G'aubelx kalxwa (""The man who consumed eagle down""). The crest on the front plaque was a grizzly bear, and on the pole is a two finned killer whale.