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Rock Oyster Man Pole
This is a memorial pole to a young man who lost his life fishing for octopus. The figure at the top is the Eagle, the lower figures are Beavers. The bottom figure is the rock oyster. These figures represent the clans of the young man belonged to. The human figure is he victim. The man drowned when the shell of a giant oyster closed upon his arm and he could not get away from the incoming tides. The two-toned human face represents his violent death.
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