Chief Skedans Mortuary Pole: An older version of this pole was raised in the Haida village of Skidegate about 1870. It honours the Raven Chief of Skedans and depicts the chief's hereditary crests. The two tiny figures in the bear's ears are the chief's daughters and son-in-law who erected the pole and gave a potlatch for the chief's memorial. The rectangular board at the top of the original pole covered a cavity the held the chief's remains. Haid artist Bill Reid with assitant Werner True carved this new pole in 1964. Dan Yeomans recarved teh top moon face in 1998.
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