Huckleberry Picking
The Gitxsan name for huckleberries is sim maa'y, meaning "the real, the true berry". They are the favoured berry for drying as they retain their flavour well, and are easy to roll when dry. These scenes of food gathering and processing were initiated in order to record some of the tra...
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ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:billreid_960 2023-05-15T18:39:27+02:00 Huckleberry Picking G.F. MacDonald Collection Gitanyow 1972 https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-960/huckleberry-picking unknown billreid:960 local: 19-1 09 uuid: 1a6fc544-30d2-4563-9a77-c183b8df12bb https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/billreid-960/huckleberry-picking © 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 Tsimshian--Gitxsan--Kitwankul--Kitwancool--Basket-- Tsimshian--Gitxsan--Gitanyow--Kitwankul--Kitwancool--Basket-- Photographs StillImage 1972 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:08Z The Gitxsan name for huckleberries is sim maa'y, meaning "the real, the true berry". They are the favoured berry for drying as they retain their flavour well, and are easy to roll when dry. These scenes of food gathering and processing were initiated in order to record some of the traditional food practices among the Gitxsan and to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers. The objective was to create colour images of practices that were partially captured in earlier black and white photographs and in early texts such as those written by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon. The Book Builders of 'Ksan produced a volume on these collecting and processing practices titled Gathering what the Great Nature provided: food traditions of the Gitksan, by the people of 'Ksan. Still Image Tsimshian Tsimshian* SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University) Gitanyow ENVELOPE(-128.070,-128.070,55.266,55.266) |
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The Gitxsan name for huckleberries is sim maa'y, meaning "the real, the true berry". They are the favoured berry for drying as they retain their flavour well, and are easy to roll when dry. These scenes of food gathering and processing were initiated in order to record some of the traditional food practices among the Gitxsan and to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers. The objective was to create colour images of practices that were partially captured in earlier black and white photographs and in early texts such as those written by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon. The Book Builders of 'Ksan produced a volume on these collecting and processing practices titled Gathering what the Great Nature provided: food traditions of the Gitksan, by the people of 'Ksan. |
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1972 |
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