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7/17/06 Laura Milholland

More Totems

Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia

On the right is Chief Skedans Mortuary Pole - the Moon at the top signifies a chief.
The rectangular board at the top of the original pole covered a cavity that held the chief's remains.
The next one over has a legendary bird, the Quolus, on top, with the Red Cedar-bark man under
holding a canoe. He was an ancester who survived the great flood and gave the people the first canoe.


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Laura Milholland12-Aug-2006 03:22
Anne, here is a shot hubby Paul took just of Chief Skedans pole:http://www.pbase.com/milholland_p/image/64056193
Anne10-Aug-2006 23:30
Would like to see Chief Skedans on his own
Gigs Rowland10-Aug-2006 03:37
Really interesting, great detail . . . Gigs