Pounding the Sapwood to Make Cakes

Edith Campbell crushing the hemlock sapwood using a four-pund hammer made from a young hemlock tree. 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 produced a vo...

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Other Authors: G.F. MacDonald Collection
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1972
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Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-1058/pounding-sapwood-make-cakes
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Summary:Edith Campbell crushing the hemlock sapwood using a four-pund hammer made from a young hemlock tree. 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 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.