This is a red cedar pair of Dlidlam (interior house posts) from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilford_Island" class="extiw" title="en:Gilford Island">Gilford Island</a> in BC, Canada. It dates to 1880 and were carved to represent grizzly bears. This pair belonged to Kedi or Dick Webber, a Dzawada'enuxw head chief of the Lelawagila na'nima, or clan. It today adorns the main hallway of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_British_Columbia" class="extiw" title="en:University of British Columbia">UBC</a>'s Museum of Anthropology in Canada.
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