Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Details of a pole in Howkan that symbolizes a long tale, now in Totem Park, Alaska. A man who turned into a sea monster and was betrayed by his mother-in-law. The pole originally had a Bear at the base with the man sitting between the ears, and the sea monster above. His mother-in-law sits above the monster wearing a headdress and holding two ring rattles.
Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: Top portion of the sea creature or sea monster post (Gunakadeit Gass). This portion depicts Gunakadeit, his child above him holding the head of a hawk and the tail of a whale with the face of Stax-adi in it. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.
Description: carved bone amulet, in image of sea monster.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Wasgo, or the sea wolf, is a mythical creature found in the myths of the Haida and is often related to the Tlingit/Haida story of Gonakadet or the lazy son-in-law. In accordance with the myth, Wasgo is seen here with three killer whales. The Haida Village at the Museum of Anthropology. At the centre of the complex are two Haida houses and six poles created between 1960 and 1962 by the late Haida artist Bill Reid and 'Namgis artist Doug Cranmer. The two cedar-plank houses are of great historical…
Description: Wooden helmet carved and painted as a seal.
Date: 1980 to 1985
Description: Looking for artifacts. Photos taken during the survey and excavation of various village sites in the Kitselas Canyon. The collection consists of photos taken by Morris Mason, Dave Walker and Gary Coupland during archaeological surveys and digs in the early 1980s.
Date: 1979
Description: Re-enactment of the story of 'Nekt, the warrior chief from Gitwangak who built and defended the site known as battle hill. The story takes place at 'Battle Hill© near Gitwangak village. 'Nekt was an aggressive warrior and led many successful raids against neighbouring tribes. He is remembered and celebrated by the Gitxsan people as a powerful and great leader.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Top section on a weathered totem pole. The middle figure is human-like with a ring around it's head. The base figure has a bird's body and a large human face with a large labrette in the bottom lip. The reaminder of the pole is blank with a seated or crouching figure wearing a top hat at the top. The figure on top appears to have hollow eyes carved through to the back of the pole. It is not the same pole as the Proud Raven (Lincoln) Pole.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Yaadaas Crest Corner Pole (Second Twin). The two original Yaadaas Crest Corner Poles (or twins) stood at the front exterior corners of the Yaadaas clan house at Old Kasaanon Prince of Wales Island. The figures from top to bottom are the Village Watchman, Raven in Human Form, Raven, and a bear. This appears to be a recarving done by CCC carvers in the early 1940s. Nathan Jackson and Steve Brown carved another reproduction in 1982. One of the two original Yaadaas Crest Corner Poles survives, and…
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The Seward Pole or ""secretary of state pole"" is a ridicule or shame pole. It commemorates how U.S. Secretary of State William Seward failed to honor his hosts when he visited in 1869. The figure on the pole has its ears and nose painted red to indicate his stinginess. Totem poles at Saxman Totem Park near Ketchikan, Alaska. The totems at Saxman were either salvaged or replicated from older poles that had decayed or become overgrown at their original locations in Alaskan Native villages.
Date: 1960 to 1970
Description: The Seward Pole or ""secretary of state pole"" is a ridicule or shame pole. It commemorates how U.S. Secretary of State William Seward failed to honor his hosts when he visited in 1869. The figure on the pole has its ears and nose painted red to indicate his stinginess. Colour slides collected and donated by Adelaide de Menil. Slide jacket's contain descriptions, which have been copied to the titles. Slides not taken by de Menil read: Schallerer's Photo Shop, 212 Front Street, Ketchikan,…
Date: 1972
Description: Tying the box of soapberries. These scenes of resource and food gathering 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 Baynon. The Book Builders of 'Ksan also produced a volume on these collecting and processing practices titled…
Date: 1972
Description: Cutting branches to cook fresh 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: Carved bone charm in image of serpent.
Description: Bone charm carved in image of serpent, with human face on back of tail.
