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Gitksan totem poles, Kitwancool, British Columbia, 1910
Gitksan totem poles, Kitwancool, British Columbia, 1910
TitleGitksan totem poles, Kitwancool, British Columbia, 1910
PhotographerEmmons, George Thornton
Date1910
NotesSide view of totem poles set in front of white house; one in foreground has an attached box partway up, with seated carved man. Views of same poles in NA3472, NA3475, NA3488

Several poles at Kitwancool, on left is base of pole owned by Wutarhayaets and Tarhyaq, called Real-kingfisher or Sleeping-place-of-the-haven, showing carved human figure sitting on box.

More information about this location available in: Totem poles of the Gitksan / Marius Barbeau (p. 117-118)
SubjectsGitksan Indians--Arts & crafts; Wood carvings--British Columbia--Kitwancool; Totem poles--British Columbia--Kitwancool; Gitksan Indians--Structures; Kitwancool (B.C.)
Location DepictedCanada--British Columbia--Kitwancool
Object TypePhotographs
Negative NumberNA3482
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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