Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Outside of Chief Shakes X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House).
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Interior of Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). At the back is a painted screen with two carved house posts to either side. The carver was Kadjisdu.axtc, "One-to-whom-people-will-listen," he carved four house posts for the X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House).
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Interior of Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). At the back is a painted screen with two carved house posts to either side. The carver was Kadjisdu.axtc, "One-to-whom-people-will-listen," he carved four house posts for the house.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Interior of Chief Shakes X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). At the back is a painted screen with two carved house posts to either side. The carver was Kadjisdu.axtc, "One-to-whom-people-will-listen," he carved four posts for the house.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Outside of Chief Shakes X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). The outside has the formline design of a bear, the entrance is in the bear's stomach.
Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: House post inside Chief Shakes' 'X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). The carver was Kadjisdu.axtc, One-to-whom-people-will-listen.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Detail of house post inside Chief Shakes' X'átgu Hít (Mudshark House). A frog is emerging from the figures mouth.
Date: 1884
Name(s): Maynard, Richard, 1832-1907
Description: A small house built within the frame of the House Chiefs Peep at from a Distance with two Watchmen figures with potlatch hats sitting atop the corner posts of the original house, and it's frontal pole.On the left is a mortuary pole raised for Skedans, head chief of Skedans village. On the plaque was a moon with a Thunderbird face, and on the pole is a Grizzly Bear at the bottom and a Mountain Goat above. All of these were crests of Skedans.
Date: 1884
Name(s): Maynard, Richard, 1832-1907
Description: Detail of the mortuary pole raised for Skedans on the left, and on the right is the House Chiefs Peep at from a Distance's frontal pole, which is still attached to the original house frame.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: This is a replica of Chief Skedans' Mortuary Pole form the 1870s. It was carved by Haida artist Bill Reid in 1964.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…
Date: 1960 to 1970
Description: 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, Alaska.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Chief Skowl's pole. This pole was about 50 ft high, and stood at chief Skowl's Rib House. The pole pole was restored in New Kasaan. The figures are Raven with a moon in its beak; Raven holding his beak downwards and a Bear with cubs in its mouth.
Date: 1972
Description: Chief Geel of Kispiox, Walter Harris displays his double killledr whale and fireweed button blanket next to the totem pole he carved for the village.
Date: 1972
Description: Ernest Hyzims- Gitsegukla cheif
Date: 1972
Description: David Gunanoot
