The Ensnared-Bear pole

Date
1926
Photographer: Smith, Harlan Ingersoll, 1872-1939
Description

Detail of the top of the pole with the Bear-Mother, Xpisunt, the mythic ancestress, who is holding two bear cubs in her arms. On top of her head is a separately carved wolf that was attached to the pole.This pole is lowered as it was fully restored.

Subject (Geographic)
Gitwangak
Keywords
Tsimshian
Gitxsan
Totem Pole
Gitwangak
Kitwanga
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
Gitwangak05
Copyright
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