Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Stone Ribs inside of a sea lion skin. Stone Ribs is known as the legendary strong man. This pole depicts him encased in the body of a sea lion, whose upthrust head and nose are at the the top of the pole. At the base is a bear figure.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Stone Ribs inside of a sea lion skin. Stone Ribs is known as the legendary strong man. This pole depicts him encased in the body of a sea lion, whose upthrust head and nose are at the the top of the pole. At the base is a bear figure.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Stone Ribs inside of a sea lion skin. Stone Ribs is known as the legendary strong man. This pole depicts him encased in the body of a sea lion, whose upthrust head and nose are at the the top of the pole. At the base is a bear figure.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Stone Ribs inside of a sea lion skin. Stone Ribs is known as the legendary strong man. This pole depicts him encased in the body of a sea lion, whose upthrust head and nose are at the the top of the pole. At the base is a bear figure.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Stone Ribs inside of a sea lion skin. Stone Ribs is known as the legendary strong man. This pole depicts him encased in the body of a sea lion, whose upthrust head and nose are at the the top of the pole. At the base is a bear figure.
Description: Soul Catcher, in typical land otter or bear motif. With exception of no visible form line.
Date: 1980 to 1985
Description: Stone tool found during site excavation at Kitselas Canyon
Name(s): Smith, Harlan Ingersoll, 1872-1939
Description: Stone Totem at Gitlaxdzawk associated with the House of Gitxan. House three on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051). The stone pillar of white granite measures nearly 3 meters high. The pole has since fallen to the ground. The totem marks the transfer of people into a lineage at Gitladzok.
Date: 1927
Name(s): Smith, Harlan Ingersoll, 1872-1939
Description: Stone Totem at Gitlaxdzawk. Associated with the House of Gitxan. House three on the Gitlaxdzawk map (see Gitlaxdzawk_051). The stone pillar of white granite measures nearly 3 meters high. The pole has since fallen to the ground. It is said that the totem marks the transfer of people into a lineage at Gitladzok.
Date: 1972
Description: Collecting cedar bark. These scenes of resource gathering 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 such as those written by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon. The Book Builders of 'Ksan produced a volume on food collecting…
Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: View of Kitkatla village.
Date: 1972
Description: Collecting cedar bark. 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.
Date: 1972
Description: Chief and elder, Elsie Morrison, collecting and preparing cedar bark. These scenes of resource gathering 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 such as those written by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon. The Book Builders…
Date: 1972
Description: Gertie Morrison collecting and preparing cedar bark. These scenes of resource gathering 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 such as those written by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon. The Book Builders of 'Ksan produced…
Description: Inside the Strong House were two unusual carved posts each representing a supernatural snag with potlatch cylinders. These were placed at the back of the house under the central pair of rafters. C. F. (Charles Frederick) Newcombe, 1851-1924 purchased both and sent one to the Field Museum of Natural History and the other to the Smithsonian Institution.
