Pole-in-Sand

Date
1972
Photographer: MacDonald, George F.
Description

Raised by Chief Wiseks (Stephen Morgan) of the Fireweed phratry (Gisgahst) at the 1945 potlatch. The pole represents the great sandbar at the mouth of the Skeena River. It was a supernatural (Spanaxnox) that protected the Gitxsan from Tlingit and Haida raiders. The Stone Bear memorial in the foreground is In memory of Chief Mark We-get". The bear originally had a small branch attached to its back."

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
Gitsegukla42
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