House-Front-Blackfish

Date
1972
Photographer: MacDonald, George F.
Description

House-Front-Blackfish pole erected by Hagbegwatu (Arthur McDames). This is another version of a pole from the Lower Village. The full length of the pole is a carving of a Blackfish with its head down. A long fin is attached to the pole with a circular perforation in the middle. In this modern version of the pole, the mythic figure of Gunarhnaesems is on the back of the whale, and is holding on to his dorsal fin.

Subject (Geographic)
Gitsegukla
Keywords
Tsimshian
Gitxsan
Totem Pole
Gitsegukla
Gitseguecla
Kitseguecla
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
Gitsegukla41
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