Post on Shore

House post depicting grizzly bear holding an ancestral figure. Other posts from this house were removed in 1956 and are now on display at MOA The posts of the house of Ha'm'cit were carved by a man from Smith Inlet called Si.wit who moved to Xu'mtaspi and married Tom Omhyid's mot...

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Other Authors: A. de Menil
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1967
Subjects:
Kwakwaka'wakw > - housepost > Monument > Northwest Coast > Native > First Nation > Art >
Kwakwaka'wakw > - Xwamdasbe (Hope Island) > housepost > Monument > Northwest Coast > Native > First Nation > Art >
Duff
Hope Island
Smith Inlet
Hope island
Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3342/post-shore
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spelling ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_3342 2023-05-15T16:34:50+02:00 Post on Shore A. de Menil Xwamdasbe (Hope Island) 1967 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3342/post-shore unknown billreid:3342 local: de Menil Slide Donation173 uuid: 5d229101-dc9a-4c21-87cb-63984da24916 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3342/post-shore Courtesy Adelaide de Menil. This image is to be used solely for the purpose of research or private study; and any use of the image for a purpose other than research or private study requires the authorization of the copyright owner of the work in question. Kwakwaka'wakw --- housepost--Monument--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art-- Kwakwaka'wakw --- Xwamdasbe (Hope Island)--housepost--Monument--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art-- Photographs StillImage 1967 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:07Z House post depicting grizzly bear holding an ancestral figure. Other posts from this house were removed in 1956 and are now on display at MOA The posts of the house of Ha'm'cit were carved by a man from Smith Inlet called Si.wit who moved to Xu'mtaspi and married Tom Omhyid's mother. Ha'm'cit died before the house was finished. (Information provided to Prof. Wilson Duff by Mungo Martin). Still Image Hope island Smith Inlet SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University) Duff ENVELOPE(-60.029,-60.029,-62.450,-62.450) Hope Island ENVELOPE(-56.849,-56.849,-63.033,-63.033) Smith Inlet ENVELOPE(-62.083,-62.083,-70.400,-70.400)
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topic Kwakwaka'wakw --- housepost--Monument--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
Kwakwaka'wakw --- Xwamdasbe (Hope Island)--housepost--Monument--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
spellingShingle Kwakwaka'wakw --- housepost--Monument--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
Kwakwaka'wakw --- Xwamdasbe (Hope Island)--housepost--Monument--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
Post on Shore
topic_facet Kwakwaka'wakw --- housepost--Monument--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
Kwakwaka'wakw --- Xwamdasbe (Hope Island)--housepost--Monument--Northwest Coast--Native--First Nation--Art--
description House post depicting grizzly bear holding an ancestral figure. Other posts from this house were removed in 1956 and are now on display at MOA The posts of the house of Ha'm'cit were carved by a man from Smith Inlet called Si.wit who moved to Xu'mtaspi and married Tom Omhyid's mother. Ha'm'cit died before the house was finished. (Information provided to Prof. Wilson Duff by Mungo Martin).
author2 A. de Menil
format Still Image
title Post on Shore
title_short Post on Shore
title_full Post on Shore
title_fullStr Post on Shore
title_full_unstemmed Post on Shore
title_sort post on shore
publishDate 1967
url https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3342/post-shore
op_coverage Xwamdasbe (Hope Island)
long_lat ENVELOPE(-60.029,-60.029,-62.450,-62.450)
ENVELOPE(-56.849,-56.849,-63.033,-63.033)
ENVELOPE(-62.083,-62.083,-70.400,-70.400)
geographic Duff
Hope Island
Smith Inlet
geographic_facet Duff
Hope Island
Smith Inlet
genre Hope island
Smith Inlet
genre_facet Hope island
Smith Inlet
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https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3342/post-shore
op_rights Courtesy Adelaide de Menil. This image is to be used solely for the purpose of research or private study; and any use of the image for a purpose other than research or private study requires the authorization of the copyright owner of the work in question.
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