Drum-Hangs-On

• Other Authors: C.M. Barbeau
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1925
• Subjects: Tsimshian > Gitxsan > Totem Pole > Gitwangak > Kitwanga >; Tsimshian > Gitxsan > Gitwangak > Totem Pole > Gitwangak > Kitwanga >; Kitwanga; Tsimshian; Tsimshian*
• Online Access: https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-2517/drum-hangs

This is a detail of the lower section of the pole, showing an engraved Halibut that is followed by a Split-Eagle. At the base of the pole is a Bear’s-Den-Person, a human figure with a hole in the centre of the body to represent the opening to the bear’s den, and then a Drum or Drum-Person that is at...