Interior House Post
Item number A50009 g-h from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Two sea-lion house posts (parts g-h) in storage due to poor condition. Part of interior house frame (see A50009 a-c, d-f).
History Of Use
The beams and figures stood as part of a house frame, and acted as structural supports. Figures represented on house frames were supernatural beings which the family living in the house had the right, through their history and origins, to represent.
Cultural Context
status
Iconographic Meaning
Sea lion is recognized by a rounded snout, elongated body, and flippers.
Narrative
Klix’ken Gukwdzi, or Sea-Lion House, was built sometime around 1906. Like other houses in the village it had a modern exterior with milled-lumber front and windows. Yet it also featured carved sea-lion posts supporting the boardwalk, and inside, a monumental post-and-beam structure with carved and painted house posts, beams, and other symbols of the family’s history. Klix’ken House was the last old-style dwelling erected in Xwatis as a home for an extended family or lineage—and probably one of the last built on the entire coast.
Item History
- Made by Quatsino Hansen (Maker) in Quatsino, British Columbia, Canada and Xwatis, British Columbia, Canada during 1906
- Collected by Helen Codere, Wilson Duff, Wayne Suttles and Michael Kew during 1956
- Owned by Chief Johnny
- Owned by Charley Clair and B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee before 1956
- Received from B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee (Transferring institution) during 1956
What
- Name
- Interior House Post
- Identification Number
- A50009 g-h
- Type of Item
- house post
- Material
- cedar wood and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and painted
- Overall
- height 3.6 m, diameter 0.5 m
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Quatsino, British Columbia, Canada and Xwatis, British Columbia, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Creator
- Quatsino Hansen (Maker)
- Field Collector
- Helen Codere, Wilson Duff, Wayne Suttles and Michael Kew
- Previous Owner
- Chief Johnny, Charley Clair and B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee
- Received from
- B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee (Transferring institution)
When
- Creation Date
- during 1906
- Collection Date
- during 1956
- Ownership Date
- before 1956
- Acquisition Date
- during 1956
Other
- Accession Number
- 2112/0004 g-h
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