Yuquot Whalers' Shrine

The Yuquot Whalers' Shrine (known also as 'prayer house' or 'washing house'), previously located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, was a site of purification rituals, passed down through the family of a Yuquot chief. It contained a collection of 88 carved human figures, 4 carved whale figures, and 16 human skulls. Since the early twentieth century, it had been in the possession of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City but was rarely displayed. It has since been returned to the Mowachaht/Muchalaht tribe.

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