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Gitksan totem pole featuring a canoe in front of house, Kispiox, British Columbia, 1909
Gitksan totem pole featuring a canoe in front of house, Kispiox, British Columbia, 1909
TitleGitksan totem pole featuring a canoe in front of house, Kispiox, British Columbia, 1909
PhotographerEmmons, George Thornton
Date1909
NotesHouse with totem pole in grass in front of house

Pole of Naegt (Haray) at Kispiox, called Attached-Within. Figures: Eagle-prince at top; Thunderbird; Haida Chief Bull-Head, father of Naegt, who was murdered by his Gitksan wife; Lutraiscek's canoe, a miniature Haida dug-out transversal to pole and resting on two pegs. Carved by Larhilemhot Wolf phratry

More information about this location available in: Totem poles of the Gitksan / Marius Barbeau (p. 117-118)
SubjectsTotem poles--British Columbia--Kispiox; Gitksan Indians--Arts & crafts; Gitksan Indians--Structures; Kispiox (B.C.)
Location DepictedCanada--British Columbia--Kispiox
Object TypePhotographs
Negative NumberNA3372
Digital CollectionAmerican Indians of the Pacific Northwest Images
CollectionGeorge Thornton Emmons Collection no. 131
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
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Transmission DataImage/JPEG
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