This 3.6-meter-tall (12-foot-tall) ancestral figure, carved from the wood of a red cedar, served as a house post in the interior of a Koskimo Kwakiutl house in Quatsino. The lower portion shows two slaves carrying a plank, which presumably served as the seat for a chief. A killer whale and coppers are depicted on the figure. (MOA)
This 3.6-meter-tall (12-foot-tall) ancestral figure, carved from the wood of a red cedar, served as a house post in the interior of a Koskimo Kwakiutl house in Quatsino. The lower portion shows two slaves carrying a plank, which presumably served as the seat for a chief. A killer whale and coppers are depicted on the figure. (MOA)