Motif
Chiefly status displayed through monumental house and house pole
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A motif of the Royal Legitimacy and Sacred Kingship family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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native american northwest coast
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Haida Texts and Myths: Skidegate Dialect WARS BETWEEN THE PEOPLES OF SKIDEGATE AND KLOO / WAR BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF KLOO AND THE TSIMSHIAN / WAR BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF KLOO AND THE BELLABELLA / NOTES; lines 22600-22786 confidence: medium
South-east's house was so large that he named each half separately; the house pole was covered with abalone shells.
South-east's house is described as exceptionally large, divided into separately named halves, and marked by an abalone-covered pole; another note explains a large house-name as "mother of houses."
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