Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Gitsxan drum with sun and people design. CMC collection.
Date: 1910 to 1920
Description: Frontal pole of the Drum House in McCord Museum at McGill University in Montreal.Crests on the frontal pole include: a bear on potlatch cylinders at the top, followed by a standing grizzly bear with extended tongue. A human figure and an eagle between the bear's legs and arms. Another standing grizzly with extended tongue, holding a frog, and at the base a raven with long beak holding a human figure.
Date: 1925
Name(s): Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Description: This is a detail of the lower section of the pole, showing an engraved Halibut that is followed by a Split-Eagle. At the base of the pole is a Bear's-Den-Person, a human figure with a hole in the centre of the body to represent the opening to the bear's den, and then a Drum or Drum-Person that is attached to the right side of the pole.
Date: 1972
Description: Edith Campbell spreading the cooked Huckleberries onto the racks. These scenes of food processing were initiated in order to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers among the Gitxsan. The objective was to create colour images of practices that were partially captured in earlier black and white photographs and in early texts such as those written by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon. The Book Builders of 'Ksan produced a volume on these collecting and…
Date: 1972
Description: Edith Campbell spreading the cooked Huckleberries onto the racks. These scenes of food processing were initiated in order to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers among the Gitxsan. The objective was to create colour images of practices that were partially captured in earlier black and white photographs and in early texts such as those written by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon. The Book Builders of 'Ksan produced a volume on these collecting and…
Date: 1972
Description: Edith Campbell spreading the cooked huckleberries onto the racks. These scenes of food processing were initiated in order to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers among the Gitxsan. The objective was to create colour images of practices that were partially captured in earlier black and white photographs and in early texts such as those written by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon. The Book Builders of 'Ksan produced a volume on these collecting and…
Date: 1972
Description: Edith Campbell spreading the cooked Huckleberries onto the racks. These scenes of food processing were initiated in order to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers among the Gitxsan. The objective was to create colour images of practices that were partially captured in earlier black and white photographs and in early texts such as those written by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon. The Book Builders of 'Ksan produced a volume on these collecting and…
Date: 1909
Name(s): Smith, Harlan Ingersoll, 1872-1939
Description: Fish drying rack on the Chilkat River. Ther is also a grave house or funeral cairn built of wood behind the rack.
Date: 1972
Description: Huckelberries drying on rack. The gitxsan name for huckleberries is sim maa'y, meaning ""the real, the true berry"". They are the favored berry for drying as they retain their flavour well, and are easy to roll when dry. These scenes of food processing were initiated in order to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers among the Gitxsan. The Book Builders of 'Ksan produced a volume on these collecting and processing practices titled Gathering what the Great…
Date: 1923
Name(s): Shotridge, Louis
Description: Drying rack at Klukwan or a nearby fishing camp along the Chilkat River
Date: 1972
Description: Drying rackwith berries spread accross one half. These scenes of food processing were initiated in order to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers among the Gitxsan. The Book Builders of 'Ksan produced a volume on these collecting and processing practices titled Gathering what the Great Nature provided: food traditions of the Gitksan, by the people of 'Ksan.
Date: 1979
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Victor Mowatt examining his drying salmon at 'Ksan. Taken during 'Ksan shoot of Warrior 'Nekt adawk.
Date: 1972
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Chief Skidegate's Dug-Out House from a village model in the Field Museum, Chicago.
Date: 1948
Name(s): Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Description: This carved mortuary may belong to an earlier house in the back row of houses, but it is assigned to the Dug-Out House because of its position and because of its similarity to the other memorials in this cluster. The mortuary depicts a double-finned Killer Whale with a human figure holding onto its flukes. The front plaque, which has fallen away, had a carved Grizzly Bear crest. Note the plant starting to grow out of the burial compartment at the top of the pole.
Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Old dug out canoe in the village. Note the stern of the canoe has been removed to accommodate and outboard motor.
