Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: 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 from the islands of Haida Gwaii and from Rivers…
Date: 1890 to 1900
Description: The Star House is shown here abandoned after the death of Chief Stilta. The siding of the house, which is considered to be skin, was removed with the death of the chief. The bones, or posts and beams, were left standing during the mourning period for the chief which often lasted for two years. This house belonged to Chief Anetlas.
Date: 1885
Description: This house belonged to Chief Anetlas. The facade of Star House was altered to comply with Victorian taste in architecture including the use of milled siding, decorative trim, and arched windows. This pole now stands in the Pitt-Rivers Museum in Oxford University.
Date: 1890
Name(s): Reford, R.
Description: Star House with its frontal pole and memorial pole. Note that the frontal pole is not directly attached to the frame of the house.
Date: 1885
Description: The Star House belonged to Chief Anetlas. This details the crest of a bear who is holding a human figure that is standing on two bear cubs.
Date: 1905 to 1915
Description: The Star House frontal pole after it was moved to the Pitt-Rivers Museum in Oxford University.
Date: 1885
Description: A memorial pole with a separately carved bear at the top of a stack of five cylinders, and at the base, a grizzly bear.
Date: 1947
Name(s): Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969
Description: This memorial pole featured a starfish crest at the top of the pole, in which a human face is surmounted by a four-pointed hat. Seven cylinders separate the top figure from that of the chief at the base. The chief is holding a large copper shield.
Date: 2009
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Re-carved poles of Chief Gwinuu (on the left) and Chief Watakhayetsxw (on the right), located behind the museum of Gitanyow.
Date: 1972
Description: Freda Diesing carving at the 'Ksan studio, Hazelton.
Date: 1972
Description: Lottie Muldow mixing yal, which means ""soapberries turned around and around"". This creamy mixture is also known to many by the name Indian ice-cream. These scenes of food processing were initiated in order to record some of the traditional practices of the Gitxsan people and to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers. The objective was to create colour images of practices that were partially captured in earlier black and white photographs and in early texts…
Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: Detail: The figure of a woman carved on the whale's back represents Stax-adi, included to represent the Yakutat Clan. The figure is located in the centre of the sea creature or sea monster post (Gunakadeit Gass) Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.
Date: 1994
Name(s): Herem, Barry
Description: 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. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.
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: 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.
