Pole of the Whale

Unidentified man with Pole of the Whale. Pole of the Whale was carved for Chief Hieek of the Eagle tribe. This pole stood 40 ft tall when it was erected ca. 1860. This pole was cut down in 1918 along with many other poles in the village during the religious revival of 1918. The Whole Being Pole, car...

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Other Authors: Unknown
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1903
Subjects:
Gitlakdamix > Gitlaxdamsk > Nass River > New Aiyansh > Nishga > totem pole > mortuary > box > village > house >
Nass River
Aiyansh
New Aiyansh
Nishga
Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5619/pole-whale
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spelling ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_5619 2023-05-15T17:23:47+02:00 Pole of the Whale Unknown Gitlaxt'aamiks ca. 1903 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5619/pole-whale unknown billreid:5619 local: Gitlaxdamsk0026-Version2 uuid: ce2cdf9f-c2cc-4325-9098-20d8bd136c36 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5619/pole-whale Images from the research archive of Dr. George and Joanne MacDonald. No known rights exist. Gitlakdamix--Gitlaxdamsk--Nass River--New Aiyansh--Nishga--totem pole--mortuary--box--village--house-- Photographs StillImage 1903 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:09Z Unidentified man with Pole of the Whale. Pole of the Whale was carved for Chief Hieek of the Eagle tribe. This pole stood 40 ft tall when it was erected ca. 1860. This pole was cut down in 1918 along with many other poles in the village during the religious revival of 1918. The Whole Being Pole, carved for Chief Gook, is in the background. (Info. from: http://gingolx.ca/nisgaaculture/ancient_villages/villages.html) Still Image Nishga SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University) Nass River ENVELOPE(-129.845,-129.845,54.992,54.992) Aiyansh ENVELOPE(-129.083,-129.083,55.204,55.204) New Aiyansh ENVELOPE(-129.079,-129.079,55.204,55.204)
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topic Gitlakdamix--Gitlaxdamsk--Nass River--New Aiyansh--Nishga--totem pole--mortuary--box--village--house--
spellingShingle Gitlakdamix--Gitlaxdamsk--Nass River--New Aiyansh--Nishga--totem pole--mortuary--box--village--house--
Pole of the Whale
topic_facet Gitlakdamix--Gitlaxdamsk--Nass River--New Aiyansh--Nishga--totem pole--mortuary--box--village--house--
description Unidentified man with Pole of the Whale. Pole of the Whale was carved for Chief Hieek of the Eagle tribe. This pole stood 40 ft tall when it was erected ca. 1860. This pole was cut down in 1918 along with many other poles in the village during the religious revival of 1918. The Whole Being Pole, carved for Chief Gook, is in the background. (Info. from: http://gingolx.ca/nisgaaculture/ancient_villages/villages.html)
author2 Unknown
format Still Image
title Pole of the Whale
title_short Pole of the Whale
title_full Pole of the Whale
title_fullStr Pole of the Whale
title_full_unstemmed Pole of the Whale
title_sort pole of the whale
publishDate 1903
url https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5619/pole-whale
op_coverage Gitlaxt'aamiks
long_lat ENVELOPE(-129.845,-129.845,54.992,54.992)
ENVELOPE(-129.083,-129.083,55.204,55.204)
ENVELOPE(-129.079,-129.079,55.204,55.204)
geographic Nass River
Aiyansh
New Aiyansh
geographic_facet Nass River
Aiyansh
New Aiyansh
genre Nishga
genre_facet Nishga
op_relation billreid:5619
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uuid: ce2cdf9f-c2cc-4325-9098-20d8bd136c36
https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-5619/pole-whale
op_rights Images from the research archive of Dr. George and Joanne MacDonald. No known rights exist.
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