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Title: Gitlaxt'aamiks Totem Poles
Description: Pole of the Whale was carved for Chief Hieek of the Eagle tribe. This pole stood 40 ft tall when it was erected ca. 1860. The pole was cut down in 1918 along with many other poles in the village during the religious revival of 1918. The Whole Being Pole, carved for Chief Gook, is in the background. (Info. from: http://gingolx.ca/nisgaaculture
Show morePole of the Whale was carved for Chief Hieek of the Eagle tribe. This pole stood 40 ft tall when it was erected ca. 1860. The pole was cut down in 1918 along with many other poles in the village during the religious revival of 1918. The Whole Being Pole, carved for Chief Gook, is in the background. (Info. from: http://gingolx.ca/nisgaaculture/ancient_villages/villages.html)
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Date: 1918, 1918

Title: Stone Monuments
Description: Carved stone monuments sitting in front of Minesqu's Split-Eagle and Whale Pole.
Date: ca. 1910, 1910-1915

Title: Gitlaxt'aamiks Totem Poles
Description: On the left, White Squirrel of Xast'iye on a mortuary box. This figure is now in the Grand Hall at the Canadian Museum of History. In the centre, Eagle on the Decayed Pole. This pole has been repatriated to the Nisga'a Nation and is on display at the Nisga'a Musuem in Laxgalts'ap (Greenville). On the right, Broken Tree Pole. This pole was destroyed
Show moreOn the left, White Squirrel of Xast'iye on a mortuary box. This figure is now in the Grand Hall at the Canadian Museum of History. In the centre, Eagle on the Decayed Pole. This pole has been repatriated to the Nisga'a Nation and is on display at the Nisga'a Musuem in Laxgalts'ap (Greenville). On the right, Broken Tree Pole. This pole was destroyed before 1927, likely during the religious revival of 1918 where many poles were cut down and repurposed as building materials or burned. (Info. from: http://gingolx.ca/nisgaaculture/ancient_villages/villages.html)
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Date: 1910, 1910

Title: Woman and Men in Regalia
Description: Chief Minesque's chilkat robe on woman in the center. The robe is now in the Royal Ontario Museum.
Date: ca. 1900, 1900-1905

Title: Pole of the Whale Remains
Description: This looks like a segment of Pole of the Whale, carved for Chief Hleek. This image is attributable to Barbeau because he arrived in 1927 after the religious revival of 1918 when many of the poles in Gitlaxt'aamiks were destroyed.
Date: 1927, 1927

Title: Eagle on the Decayed Pole
Description: Eagle on the Decayed Pole was carved for Chief Txas-diyee of the Eagle tribe by Txaa-kw'ihleen. When it was erected ca. 1870 it stood 50 ft tall. This pole was repatriated to the Nisga'a Nation and is on display at the Nisga'a Museum in Laxgalts'ap (Greenville). (Info. from: http://gingolx.ca/nisgaaculture/ancient_villages/villages.html)
Date: ca. 1927, 1925-1930

Title: Gitlaxt'aamiks Village
Description: Chief Minesqu's house front painting and pole. Pole of the Whale (Chief Hleek) in foreground and Minesqu's Split Eagle and Whale pole on the far side of the house. (Info. from: http://gingolx.ca/nisgaaculture/ancient_villages/villages.html)
Date: ca. 1910, 1910-1915

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