Attacked-Within (Lutraisu) Pole.

At the top of the pole sits the Eagle-Prince who is decorated with mother-of-pearl. There is a long portion of undecorated pole, followed by a Thunder-bird. At the base of the pole is the father of Nekt, a Haida chief named Kewok (Bull-Head). Kewok’s tongue is out as it had been when Lutraisu (Nekt’...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: G.T. Emmons
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1910
Subjects:
Tsimshian > Gitxsan > Totem Poles > Kispiox > Kispayaks >
Tsimshian > Gitxsan > Ans’pa yaxw > Totem Poles > Kispiox > Kispayaks >
Kispiox
Tsimshian
Tsimshian*
Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-3745/attacked-within-lutraisu-pole
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Summary:At the top of the pole sits the Eagle-Prince who is decorated with mother-of-pearl. There is a long portion of undecorated pole, followed by a Thunder-bird. At the base of the pole is the father of Nekt, a Haida chief named Kewok (Bull-Head). Kewok’s tongue is out as it had been when Lutraisu (Nekt’s mother) took his head for a trophy in revenge for him suffocating their children with his tongue. In Kewok’s arms is Lutraisu’s canoe that she escaped from Haida Gwaii in, which was carved separately and then attached to the pole. This pole was raised by Chief Nekt.

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