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Gwa'sala winter village, T'akus at Takush Harbour in Smith Inlet.

Gwa'sala people at T'akus. The man standing on the rock or piece of driftwood is probably one of the two chiefs Powell (1873) called Mantzie and Iolthkin.

House posts depicting bears at the Gwa'sala winter village of T'akus. Takush Harbour, Smith Inlet. The name of the man standing between the posts is unknown.

Bear holding a man depicted on a house post at T'akus, Smith Inlet.

Bear holding a man depicted on a house post at T'akus, Smith Inlet.

Bear holding a man depicted on a house post at T'akus, Smith Inlet.

Female and male interior house posts at the Gwa'sala winter village of T'akus in Smith Inlet. The posts likely represent ancestral figures of the house owner.

Female and male interior house posts at the Gwa'sala winter village of T'akus in Smith Inlet. The posts likely represent ancestral figures of the house owner.

A Dzonoqwa house post from the Gwa'sala winter village T'akus. Bought from a chief at the village of T'akus by an English collector (C. F.‏ (Charles Frederick) Newcombe,‏ ‎1851-1924), it was sold in 1905 for . In 1912 Dzonoqwa was exhibited at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, then traded to a New York antique dealer. In 1942, Dzonoqwa was sold to German artist Max Ernst, the founder of Surrealism, who in 1975 donated it to the Musée de l'Homme in Paris where it is today exhibited…

A Dzonoqwa house post from the Gwa'sala winter village T'akus. Bought from a chief at the village of T'akus by an English collector (C. F.‏ (Charles Frederick) Newcombe,‏ ‎1851-1924), it was sold in 1905 for . In 1912 Dzonoqwa was exhibited at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, then traded to a New York antique dealer. In 1942, Dzonoqwa was sold to German artist Max Ernst, the founder of Surrealism, who in 1975 donated it to the Musée de l'Homme in Paris where it is today exhibited…

Carved figure, possibly at T'akus in Smith Inlet.

Gwa'sala winter village T'akus, at Takush Harbour in Smith Inlet.

Gwa'sala winter village T'akus, at Takush Harbour in Smith Inlet.

Possibly a grave house indicated by the flags planted in front of it. Near the Gwa'sala winter village of T'akus.

Gwa'sala winter village T'akus, at Takush Harbour in Smith Inlet.