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Metadata
Title |
Cumshewa, Haida Gwaii |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Catalog Number |
2011.2.1.20 |
Creator |
Adelaide de Menil |
Date |
1968/09 |
Scope & Content |
Photograph depicts a memorial pole. The pole has a high post of potlatch cylinders. At its base, the pole has been split apart by a snag tree. This photograph was taken in Haida territory. This snag was deemed to be supernatural. De Menil also observed other totem poles split by snags. |
Level of description |
Item |
Collection |
Adelaide de Menil Collection |
Parent Catalog Number |
2011.2.1 |
Ownership |
Bill Reid Foundation |
People |
de Menil, Adelaide |
Subjects |
Totem poles Memorial poles Forests Trees |