Detail of Human Face from Beaver House Post

• Other Authors: G.F. MacDonald
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1971
• Subjects: Tsimshian > Gitselasu > Kitselas Canyon > Skeena River > Gitladzok >; Tsimshian > Gitselasu > Gitlaxdzawk > Kitselas Canyon > Skeena River > Gitladzok >; Skeena; Kitselas; Kitselas Canyon; Skeena River; Tsimshian; Tsimshian*
• Online Access: https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-1852/detail-human-face-beaver-house-post

Detail: Human faces on the beaver house post of Gitsaxdzawk. The post represents the story of the giant beaver, Pelemgwae. When the giant beaver was driven from its home by the Gitselesu people it was said to have human heads on its back. Known as the Peleqwa House post, it belonged to the house of...