Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: detail of grizzly bear on Memorial pole with a raven at the top (with a beak bent downwards)
Date: 1972
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Detail of a model Raven, which was likely based on the raven on top of the Shining House's frontal pole. The raven is shown with four potlatch cylinders on its head.
Date: 1972
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Detail of a model Raven, which was likely based on the raven on top of the Shining House's frontal pole. The raven is shown with four potlatch cylinders on its head.
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Ceremonial war pick made exclusively from wood. Probably used in war dances where regalia was based on actual weaponry.
Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Raven Pole in front of United States Post Office And Customs House
Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Raven Pole in front of United States Post Office And Customs House
Date: 1927
Name(s): Smith, Harlan Ingersoll, 1872-1939
Description: On-it-Sleeps Raven Pole. This pole was erected before 1884. It was re-erected and the raven on top re-carved in 1927 as a part of a National Museum of Canada project.
Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Raven Pole in front of United States Post Office And Customs House
Date: 1970
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: On-it-Sleeps Raven Pole. This pole was erected before 1884. It was re-erected and the raven on top re-carved in 1927 as a part of a National Museum of Canada project. In this picture the raven is no longer on top. House of Gaum is house seven on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051).
Description: Dagger pommel made of ivory and inlaid with abalone.
Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: Raven post. Raven is represented on this post by the main (anthropomorphic) figure holding a head, the jade adz, Tsu-hootar with which Raven tricked the King Salmon into coming ashore. Raven stands on the fish, and the small raven issuing from his mouth represents his lies. [This is a pun, since the root for "to lie, deceive" and "raven" are the same: ye't. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.
Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: Raven Post from Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan, Klukwan. Raven is represented on this post by the main (anthropomorphic) figure holding a head that represents the jade adz, Tsu-hootar, with which Raven tricked the King Salmon into coming ashore. Raven stands on the fish, and the small raven issuing from his mouth represents his lies. This is a pun, since the root for "to lie, deceive" and "raven" are the same: ye't.
Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: Bottom of the Raven post depicting the Jade adz and the King Salmon. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.
Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: Raven is represented on this post by the main (anthropomorphic) figure holding a head, the jade adz, Tsu-hootar with which Raven tricked the King Salmon into coming ashore. Raven stands on the fish, and the small raven issuing from his mouth represents his lies. [This is a pun, since the root for "to lie, deceive" and "raven" are the same: ye't. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.
Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: Raven is represented by the main (anthropomorphic) figure holding a head, the jade adz, Tsu-hootar with which Raven tricked the King Salmon into coming ashore. Raven stands on the fish, and the small raven issuing from his mouth represents his lies. [This is a pun, since the root for "to lie, deceive" and "raven" are the same: ye't. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.
