Man-Crushing-Log

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

Detail of Halfway-Out, shown as a large human face, and then warriors who were crushed by the log - one sideways and the other upside down. The Man-Crushing-Log is in reference to a defence used by Nekt's fort in which they rolled logs down the hill to crush the attackers.In this photo, the pole has been lowered in order to be 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
Gitwangak04
Copyright
Copyright has expired in Canada.
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