Haida mortuary poles at SGang Gwaay Llanagaay
- 132-1-C-E-a042790
- Item
- 1901
Part of MOA General Media collection
Series of Haida Mortuary poles from SGang Gwaay photographed by Charles F. Newcombe in 1901. The third pole from the left was taken down in 1957 and held at the University of British Columbia and the Museum of Anthropology. In 2009 it was taken down from the Great Hall in the Museum of Anthropology and placed into massive carving storage in preparation for repatriation to the Haida nation.