Remains of pit house beams, K'uuna Llnagaay (Skedans), Louise Island, Gwaii Haanas, Haida Gwaii, BC
Ḵ’uuna Llnagaay is a Haida village located on the northeast corner of Louise Island. At its height, the village had between 26 to 30 longhouses and many frontal poles, mortuary poles and mortuary figures and a few carved memorial and mortuary poles remain. A pit in the ground and two giant western red cedar beams are all that remains of the ~30 longhouses at the village of K'uuna Llnagaay (Skedans). A panoramic photo of Skedans by the early photographer George Dawson in 1878 shows large numbers of frontal poles (large totem poles containing the round front entry of longhouses), mortuary poles and memorial poles, and they are also featured in several pieces of art from ~1912 by the famous Canadian artist, Emily Carr.
Size: 5200px × 2925px
Location: K'uuna Llnagaay (Skedans), Louise Island, Gwaii Haanas, BC
Photo credit: © Terry Allen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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