gyedem gan (Fragment: Totem Pole)

This pole fragment was removed from Kitwancool in 1958 and was a gift from the Wolf Clan to Walter C. Koerner. It was removed by the Kitwancool Totem Pole Restoration Project, supervised by Wilson Duff, British Columbia Provincial Museum, with financial support from Walter C. Koerner.

Rectangular wooden pole fragment. Carved in the bottom is a bear head with large ovoid eyes, a slightly protruding snout, teeth, a protruding tongue and pointed ears. Within its ear is a small human figure. Upon the animal’s head stands a human figure with an arm extended down to the figure in the ear. Pole is unpainted.