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Gitksan totem pole featuring climbing bears, Kitanmox, British Columbia, 1909
Gitksan totem pole featuring climbing bears, Kitanmox, British Columbia, 1909
TitleGitksan totem pole featuring climbing bears, Kitanmox, British Columbia, 1909
PhotographerEmmons, George Thornton
Date1909
NotesPole at Kitanmox (Hazelton) belonging to Kwawhadaq, called Place-of-climbing or Place-where-bears-cool off. Figures: Wolf-cut-in-half; black bears and their two cubs climbing around the pole, four all together; Shadows-of-trees (painted in black between two bears, two parallel lines enclosing three circles) Carved by Gitmeraldo.

More information about this location available in: Totem poles of the Gitksan / Marius Barbeau (p. 117-118)
SubjectsTotem poles--British Columbia--Kitanmox; Gitksan Indians--Structures; Kitanmox (B.C.)
Location DepictedCanada--British Columbia--Kitanmox
Object TypePhotographs
Negative NumberNA3424
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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