Hole-in-the-Sky

Date
1966 to 1967
Photographer: De Menil, Adelaide
Description

This pole was erected by Chief Haits'imsxw. From the top of the pole, the figures are: the migrating wolf; Ligi-ralwil; the Prince-of-Bears with his entrails out; another wolf; the Hole-Through with twelve human figures around it.This pole is also known as Hole-in-the-Ice, Place-of-Opening or Hole-through-the-Sky.

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
Gitanyow19
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