Date: 1906
Description: Portrait of a Chilkat woman wearing a crown style headress, nose ring and chilkat blanket.
Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Church and Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw pole, formerly the King George the 6th pole.
Date: 1967
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Church and Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw pole, formerly the King George the 6th pole.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Petroglyph design
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: This particular headwear is something between a war helmet and ceremonial headdress as it's too ornate to be functioning head protection. The sea creature is a sculpin, indicated by the wide set mouth, face, and the spiny dorsal fin. Could also be Tsimshian based on the appliqué on lips and eyebrows.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Clan House and poles at Totem Bight. The totems at Totem Bight were either salvaged or replicated from older poles that had decayed or become overgrown at their original locations in Alaskan Native villages. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) created the park at Totem Bight, and several other similar parks in Southeast Alaska. CCC workers brought poles to these parks from other locations. The government then hired local workers to restore the totems. When restoration was not possible,…
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: The totems at Totem Bight were either salvaged or replicated from older poles that had decayed or become overgrown at their original locations in Alaskan Native villages. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) created the park at Totem Bight, and several other similar parks in Southeast Alaska. CCC workers brought poles to these parks from other locations. The government then hired local workers to restore the totems. When restoration was not possible, replicas were carved.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Clan House and poles at Totem Bight. The totems at Totem Bight were either salvaged or replicated from older poles that had decayed or become overgrown at their original locations in Alaskan Native villages.
Date: 1895
Description: Ganaxtedi clan members pose inside the Whale house. The Raven post, carved by Kad-jis-too-ach, and rainwall screen can be seen in the background. Mother basket can be seen at the bottom centre.
Date: 1895
Description: In the centre stands Kuwdu.aat, with his son. They stand between two decorated bentwood boxes that hold the lineage's sacred items. The box on the left slides over the box on the right as a top. Behind them on the right is a mask made in the image of X'akat. ahan, the woman who raised the Wood Worm. Whale house, Ganaxtedi clan.
Date: 1895
Description: The Whale house family of Gaanaxteidi men among some of their at.oow (sacred items).
Date: 1885 to 1896
Description: Chilkat blankets, masks, and helmets. A dance apron is draped over the Land otter with copper house post. Ganaxtedi clan at.oow (sacred items)
Date: 1972
Description: Smoking 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.
Date: 1972
Description: Cleaning salmon for smoking. 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.
Date: 1972
Description: Lottie Muldow preparing salmon for the smokehouse. 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.
