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Memorial Pole, Royal BC Museum, Taken from Tanu, T'aanuu Lnagaay, British Columbia, Canada CM11-16 PHOTO NOT FOR SALE

Memorial Pole, Royal BC Museum, Taken from Tanu, T'aanuu Lnagaay, British Columbia, Canada CM11-16
PHOTO NOT FOR SALE

Description : About 1880, Checkgath raised this memorial pole to his wife in the
village of t,anuu llnagaay (eelgrass town, also known as Tanu) on
Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands). The figures depict some of
Checkgath,s family crests. At the top are three Watchmen, guardians
who are said to call out in warning at the approach of enemy canoes.
The long-beaked bird may be Cormorant; the inverted face below its
talons represents the bird,s tail. Collection records indicate that the
human figure below is a Shaman holding a Frog but this is likely the
Eagle clan ancestress, jilaa quns, who is also known as Frog Woman,
Copper Woman and Volcano Woman. Below the Frog is an inverted
human whose face appears in the blowhole of the bottom figure, a
Killer Whale.
Dr. Charles F. Newcombe purchased the pole for the museum in 1911.
A replica stands in Thunderbird Park.

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