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DESCRIPTION 
Both of these poles bear the name of Running-backwards (Wuden-- 
behah 
The older one (Plate XXII, figure 2; Plate XXIII, figures 1 and 2) 
includes five figures: The Wolf, horizontally, at the top; the Wolf, head 
down; Running-backwards (Wuden-hebah ), a mythic character; Where-the- 
hole-goes-through (WuVnaqaq); and Running-backwards, at the bottom.^ 
The other (Plate XXIII, figure 2) now contains only one figure, 
that of Running-backwards. But formerly the Wolf, carved out of a 
separate piece, was pegged on to the shaft over the lower figure. When it 
fell, it is supposed to have injured a man, who happened to stand there. 
ORIGIN 
The Wolf as used in this family is known under the name of the 
Raiding-wolf (Kitwcelthem-kihu), or the Wolf-raiding-the-people. It is 
said to have been derived from a personal spirit-name ( narhnawk ). A 
mask represented it, in the first place; and it is still used both as a narhnawk 
and a family emblem. There is no myth, therefore, to explain its origin — 
the inception of personal names is not as a rule accounted for in set narra- 
tives. 
The crest of Running-backwards (Wuden-hebah or Tsem^widn-babahf 
Into-between-the-thighs) does not seem to be ancient. It is not known 
elsewhere. It was carved originally to serve as a house-front post, in the 
shape of a human figure, between the legs of which was the doorway. 
The guests to the feast inside would enter through it. This carved door- 
post was still in existence about forty years ago. The house itself bore 
the same name, that is, Entrance-between-the-legs. There seems to be 
no myth accounting for its origin. 
The Hole-through (WuVnaqaq ) was a family emblem and a house- 
front device. It consisted of a circular opening over the door. Around 
it were represented several small human-like beings, their feet resting on 
the rim of the circle. It served as ceremonial entrance into the house, 
w’henever feasts were given; the regular door below it was blocked for the 
occasion, and the guests entered through the round hole above, by means 
of ladders outside and inside. There was supposedly a myth to explain 
its acquisition, but our informants could not remember it. The Hole- 
through also appears, more elaborately carved, on a pole of Haidzemerhs, 
also of the Wolf phratry, at Gitwinlkul. 
There were formerly, it is remembered, two other poles belonging to 
this house. They have since fallen and disappeared. 
FUNCTION 
The older and taller of the two poles (Plate XXII, figure 2; Plate 
XXIII, figure 1) was erected about sixty years ago.® in memory of a former 
Kleem-larhae. 
•Another translation given was “Large-thighs." 
*The haunches and legs are turned backwards, in the lower carvings of the two poles. This is particularly 
noticeable in the newer one. 
•John Brown said forty-six years ago (in 1926), and believed that the other pole was about seventy years old. 
But the other opinion seems more dependable here; that it has stood for about sixty years and the other about forty. 
