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CARVERS OF TOTEM POLES AND POLES CARVED BY THEM 
Gitwinlkul Carvers 
Hcesem-hliyaum, of the Frog-Raven phratry (family of Wutarhayaets, 
household of Yarhyaq), said to have died about forty years ago (His 
work was done between about 1840 and 1887). The poles credited to 
him are: 
(1) The- Whole-through (Wulnaqaq ), pole of Haidzemerhs, of the Wolf 
phratry at Gitwinlkul (Plate XXII, figure 6) 
(2, 3) Weerhae's poles Nos. 2 and 3, at Gitwinlkul, two of the largest 
(Plate XXIV, figure 2; Plate XXV, figures 1 and 3) 
(4) The Sitting-Grizzlies pole of Malee (Wolf phratry), at Gitwinlkul 
(Plate XX, figure 2) 
(5) The Snag-of-the-water pole, of Weegyet (Fireweed phratry), at Gitseg- 
yukla (Plate XX, figure 1) 
(6) The Mountain-lion pole of Arhteeh (Wolf phratry), at Kitwanga. The 
shaft was carved by Hsesem-hliyawn, but the Mountain-lion at the top 
is Nees'awselp’s work (of the Eagle phratry and the Gisparhlawts 
tribe of the Tsimsyan) (Plate XXVII, figure 1) 
(7) An old pole of Hlengwah (Frog- Raven phratry), at Kitwanga. De- 
stroyed. 
Wutarhayoets, of the same family as Hsesem-hliyawn — of the Frog-Raven 
phratry. The following pole is credited to him. 
The pole of Anklawrh, of Hagwelget (Plate XXIX, figure 5) 
Yarhyaq, of the same family as Haesem-hliyawn and Wutarhayaets, above. 
The following pole is credited to him: 
The old Man-crushing-log, now under cover, at Kitwanga, the property 
of Hlengwah, of the Frog-Raven phratry (Plate VII, figure 4) 
Hlarnee or Thomas Derrick, of the Frog-Raven phratry, who died about 
1922, The following poles are credited to him: 
(1) The Sleeping-place-of-the-Raven, of Ramlarhyaelk, of the Frog- 
Raven phratry, at Gitwinlkul; or Ramlarhyaelk's pole No. 3 (Plate X, 
figure 3) 
(2) The Ensnared-bear, of Arhteeh (Wolf phratry), at Kitwanga; or Arh- 
teeh's pole No. 2. This pole was ascribed to Tewalasu by some in- 
formants (Plate XXVII, figure 2) 
(3) The Wolf pole, of Arhteeh, at Kitwanga; or Arhteeh’s pole No. 3 (Plate 
XXVII, figure 3) 
(4) The Ribs-of-the-bear pole, of Malee (Wolf phratry), at Gitwinlkul; 
or Malee’s pole No. 2 (Plate XXII, figure 1) 
(5) The Cormorant pole, also of Malee; or Malee’s pole No. 3 (Plate 
XXIV, figure 3) 
(6) The Snag-of-the-sand-bar pole, of Ksrarom-larhae (Fireweed phratry), 
at Gitsegyukla; Ksrarom-larhae’s pole No. 1 (Plate XVII, figure 4) 
