This Gitksan pole of red cedar was commissioned by the VanDusen Botanical Gardens Association. It incorporates the following figures and legend: human form at the top - a hunter who went into the mountains, was captured by a black bear, and assumed the bear form; human head in the top figure's stomach - a friendly villager who assisted "Bear Man" to resume his human form when everyone else abandoned him; the bear figure at bottom represents "Bear Man" before being turned back into human form; the human head in bear's stomach indicates that bear figure is "Bear Man" (from VanDusen Garden website)