Grizzly Mother

Monumental carving of a grizzly bear from the house of Malii, that recalls the story of two brothers who saw a bear swimming across a river with two cubs on her head. Her crying lead to a lament song that was adapted by the family.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Wilson Duff
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1950
Subjects:
Tsimshian > Gitxsan > Totem Pole > Kitwankul > Kitwancool > Gitwankul >
Tsimshian > Gitxsan > Gitanyow > Totem Pole > Kitwankul > Kitwancool > Gitwankul >
Gitanyow
Two Brothers
Tsimshian
Tsimshian*
Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-331/grizzly-mother
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spelling ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_331 2023-05-15T18:39:22+02:00 Grizzly Mother Wilson Duff Gitanyow ca. 1950 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-331/grizzly-mother unknown billreid:331 local: Gitanyow13 uuid: b9408968-2f9d-4ce4-8a27-fe32e9559640 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-331/grizzly-mother Tsimshian--Gitxsan--Totem Pole--Kitwankul--Kitwancool--Gitwankul-- Tsimshian--Gitxsan--Gitanyow--Totem Pole--Kitwankul--Kitwancool--Gitwankul-- Photographs StillImage 1950 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:08Z Monumental carving of a grizzly bear from the house of Malii, that recalls the story of two brothers who saw a bear swimming across a river with two cubs on her head. Her crying lead to a lament song that was adapted by the family. Still Image Tsimshian Tsimshian* SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University) Gitanyow ENVELOPE(-128.070,-128.070,55.266,55.266) Two Brothers ENVELOPE(-80.416,-80.416,58.867,58.867)
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Tsimshian--Gitxsan--Gitanyow--Totem Pole--Kitwankul--Kitwancool--Gitwankul--
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Grizzly Mother
topic_facet Tsimshian--Gitxsan--Totem Pole--Kitwankul--Kitwancool--Gitwankul--
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description Monumental carving of a grizzly bear from the house of Malii, that recalls the story of two brothers who saw a bear swimming across a river with two cubs on her head. Her crying lead to a lament song that was adapted by the family.
author2 Wilson Duff
format Still Image
title Grizzly Mother
title_short Grizzly Mother
title_full Grizzly Mother
title_fullStr Grizzly Mother
title_full_unstemmed Grizzly Mother
title_sort grizzly mother
publishDate 1950
url https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-331/grizzly-mother
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ENVELOPE(-80.416,-80.416,58.867,58.867)
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Two Brothers
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Two Brothers
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Tsimshian*
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Tsimshian*
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