Museum Label for Tsawit Pole

• Other Authors: A. de Menil
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1992
• Subjects: Nisga'a > - Northwest Coast > Native > First Nation > Art >; Nisga'a > - Angyada > Northwest Coast > Native > First Nation > Art >; British Columbia; Canada; Nass River; Nisga'a; Stirling; Tait; Nishga; Tsimshian; Tsimshian*
• Online Access: https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3326/museum-label-tsawit-pole

Museum Label reads: ""Totem Pole Red cedar carved in about 1855 by Oyea Tait, Nishga group of the Tsimshian people, Angyada village, British Columbia, Canada 1930.291 The pole was carved in memory of a Nishga chief, Tsawit. It is 11.3 meters (37 feet) high and originally stood in front of...