Date: 1972
Description: Ritual treatment of first salmon Re-enactment of the First Salmon Ceremony performed by the 'Ksan Performing Arts Group. The re-enactment is based on the narrative recorded by Franz Boas for the Gitselesu of Kitselas Canyon.
Date: 1972
Description: Re-enactment of the First Salmon Ceremony performed by the 'Ksan Performing Arts Group. The re-enactment is based on the narrative recorded by Franz Boas for the Gitselesu of Kitselas Canyon.
Date: 1972
Description: Re-enactment of the First Salmon Ceremony performed by the 'Ksan Performing Arts Group. The re-enactment is based on the narrative recorded by Franz Boas for the Gitselesu of Kitselas Canyon.
Date: 1972
Description: Salmon covered in eagle down as part of first salmon ceremony. Shot in accordance with Frans Boas's script of the First Salmon Ceremony among the Gitselasu of the Kitselas Canyon. These scenes of resource gathering were initiated in order to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers among the Gitxsan. Re-enactment of the First Salmon Ceremony performed by the 'Ksan Performing Arts Group. The re-enactment is based on the narrative recorded by Franz Boas for the…
Date: 1972
Description: Re-enactment of the First Salmon Ceremony performed by the 'Ksan Performing Arts Group. The re-enactment is based on the narrative recorded by Franz Boas for the Gitselesu of Kitselas Canyon.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Yaadas Crest Corner Pole (First Twin). It portrays the heraldic emblems or crests of the Yaadaas clan. The two original Yaadaas Crest Corner Poles (or twins) stood at the front exterior corners of the Yaadaas clan house at Old Kasaan on Prince of Wales Island. The top figure on the pole is the Village Watchman. The next is the Raven in Human Form followed by the Raven. The final figure is a bear holding an animal in its mouth. The poles were donated by Govenor John Brady for John Baranovich of…
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Yaadas Crest Corner Pole (First Twin), carved by Tommy Jimmy. This pole is a replica carved by Tlingit artist Tommy Jimmy in 1978. It portrays the heraldic emblems or crests of the Yaadaas clan. The two original Yaadaas Crest Corner Poles (or twins) stood at the front exterior corners of the Yaadaas clan house at Old Kasaan. The top figure on the pole is the Village Watchman. The next is the Raven in Human Form followed by the Raven. The final figure is a bear holding an animal in its mouth.…
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: First Twin or Yaadas Crest Corner Pole portrays the heraldic emblems or crests of the Yaadaas clan. The two original Yaadaas Crest Corner Poles (or twins) stood at the front exterior corners of the Yaadaas clan house at Old Kasaan. The top figure on the pole is the Village Watchman. The next is the Raven in Human Form followed by the Raven. The final figure is a bear holding an animal in its mouth. The poles were donated by Govenor John Brady for John Baranovich of Old Kasaan and were donated…
Date: 1972
Description: barbecuing a salmon. 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 also 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.
Description: Club handle in image of a seal or sea lion for killing salmon.
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Wood fish club from the Watl Reserve, Kitamaat
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Salmon on a string from the Kayak totem pole. In memory of Kaukish who died in 1897.
Date: 1972
Description: Smoking salmon. 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 also 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: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Fish nets draped over racks
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Fish nets draped over racks
