SGang Gwaay XXI
I am back off to this special place until the end of February. Wish me good weather!
These photos from November 2018, above is looking to the north, below to the south south.
SGang Gwaay XVII
A bit of colour for a change from SGang Gwaay, middle of last November.
The pole on the right is in front of House 16 on this web page which has historical photos of the poles.
SGang Gwaay XVI
A panorama shot from the back of a house feature at SGang Gwaay last November. Below is one shot from the front of the house.
This is House 12 on this web page which has some information and historical photos.
SGang Gwaay XV
At SGang Gwaay last November, this is the same pole as my previous post. It represents a grizzly bear holding a human.
I don’t know the story behind the imagery, but one of the watchmen told me that this mortuary pole was moved from another village when the group moved in with others at SGang Gwaay.
A chief was buried in the top of this pole and there would have been a panel with a carved crest forming a T across the front of the burial chamber at the top.
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