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B3 wall Sputc pole with mountains and river Nov 2024

Sputc pole designed by carpenter Wiiaqa7ay–Lyle Mack, standing at the shore of the Bella Coola River in Q’umk’uts, waiting to be re-dressed in new cedar bark regalia for the Sputc ceremony in March 2025. Created by carpenter Wiiaqa7ay–Lyle Mack. Photo by Cody Rocko, courtesy of the Museum of Anthropology at UBC.