Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Bear head with string of salmon in its mouth from the Kayak totem pole. In memory of Kaukish who died in 1897.
Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: Detail of the Stax-adi portion of the sea creature or sea monster post (Gunakadeit Gass). The figure of a woman carved on the whale's back represents Stax-adi, included to represent the Yakutat Clan. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Petroglyph design
Date: 1969
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: The Whole Being Pole. Belonged to house five on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).
Date: 1972
Description: Freda Diesing masks at the 'Ksan studio, Hazelton.
Date: 1927
Name(s): Smith, Harlan Ingersoll, 1872-1939
Description: Unknown totem pole or carved house post.
Date: 1927
Name(s): Smith, Harlan Ingersoll, 1872-1939
Description: The Gnawing Beaver Pole of Sim'oogit Nieskadex. Parts of Nieskadex's house fram are still standing. This is House four on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).
Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The grizzly bear mortuary lying on the ground after the lower portion of the pole split apart due to plant growth.
Date: 1967 to 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Fallen house post.
Date: 1926
Name(s): Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Description: Unknown post. likely an interior support post.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The remains of the original Chief Skedans Mortuary In the early 1920s, the construction of an Indian village was proposed for the area near Lumberman©s Arch in Stanley Park. The site was chosen because it was located on a massive shell midden, or cultural mound that was the result of many years of Coast Salish habitation. This large deposit of calcified shells covered an area 8 feet deep and spanning several acres. The original poles were all from the Alert Bay area, but others were purchased…
Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: A fallen mortuary post, at the base is a grizzly bear holding two cubs, below the bear was a large face.
Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: A fallen mortuary post, at the base is a grizzly bear holding two cubs, below the bear was a large face.
Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: A fallen mortuary post, at the base is a grizzly bear holding two cubs, below the bear was a large face.
Date: 1947
Name(s): Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Description: Fallen frontal pole lying in the long grass in the abandoned village of Yan.
