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Carved posts at Alert Bay, c1914. 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. Carved posts at Alert Bay, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/HERITAGE ART)