Drifted-Aside or Drifted-to-One-Side

Date
2009
Photographer: MacDonald, George F.
Description

Pole of the house of Gwinuu'. Detail of the Pearled-Raven, and an ancestor, Gisgyawtu (Drifted-Aside). Gisgyawtu landed on the coast of Alaska after the Great Flood had abated. Originally, the figure held a bow of abalone pearl with which he killed a monster known as Black-Bear-of-the-Water.

Subject (Geographic)
Gitanyow
Keywords
Tsimshian
Gitxsan
Totem Pole
Kitwankul
Kitwancool
Gitwankul
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
Gitanyow10
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