Carved posts at Alert Bay

Edward S. Curtis • 1914 • British Columbia

Carved posts at Alert Bay, British Columbia, 1914

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Two totem poles in front of a wood frame house in the Nimkish village Yilis, on Cormorant Island. Totem pole depicts an eagle representing the owner's paternal crest and a grizzly bear symbolizing the maternal one.

1 photographic print.