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The smaller pole was carved in the neighbourhood of forty years ago, 
to commemorate Tsugyet, a chief in this family, who died at the time. 
CARVERS 
The more elaborate and older pole, one of the best examples of Gitk- 
san art, was carved by Gurhnahaks, from the household of Arhawt, who 
belonged to the Larhsail phratry, at Kispayaks. 
The other is ascribed to Tsenhlsek (James Green), of the same house- 
hold, who is now an old man. 
(35) Pole of Hrsarhgyaw, at Kispayaks 
The household of Hrsarhgyaw is a subdivision of that of Hrleem- 
larhae, of the same village; hence, indirectly, of that of Malee, of Gitwinlkul. 
It belongs to the Prairie clan (Larhwiyip) of the Wolf phratry. 
Hrsarhgyaw owns a totem pole at Kispayaks. 
DESCRirXION 
The bird at the top of this pole (Plate XXII, figure 3) is the Prince- 
of-Cormorants (Hlku-wcelksekem-ha'ots ); the marks under it, down the 
pole, are the Pibs-of-the-Bear;^ and, at the bottom sits the Ribbed-bear 
( Ptcelikum-smaih ) . 
ORIGIN 
The Grizzly-Bear and the Ribs-of-the-Bear, as represented on this 
pole, arc the same as those of Malee, of Gitwinlkul, the mythic origin of 
which was explained above (page 109). This crest seems to be the only 
fairly ancient one, being used among the various families of this clan. 
The Prince-of-cormorants, on the other hand, was acquired more 
recently in compensation for the murder of a member of this house, from 
Ksqanisem-Semaw’iget, and Eagle chief of the Geetiks tribe on the Nass.^ 
FUNCTION AND CARVER 
It was erected from thirty-five to forty years ago, presumably in 
memory of Hrsarhgyaw. The identity of the maker is uncertain. It is 
the work of a Kitwanga carver, whose name was forgotten.^ The repre- 
sentation of the Bear here is of an unusual type; the head is twisted around, 
so that his jaw rests on his back. No symbolic significance, however, 
attached to this feature, which is merely stylistic. 
'John Brown misinterpreted this symbol, as is often done, and stated that the marks were meant for the claw- 
marks of a bear climbing a tree, 
’Another informant stated that it came from the house of Thratkurarhs, of the Nass, about forty years ago. 
This may be .another name of the same chief. 
’According to John Brown, whose memory on such matters seems often at fault, it was carved by James Green 
(Tsinhlsek), of the Wolf phratry, at Kispayaks. 
