The spirit name of T'akaya was taken from the Tsleil-Waututh word takaya, which means wolf. The Tsleil-Waututh territories include Vancouver, where Stargate SG-1 was filmed.
The Jaffa figure shown on the sculpture bears the insignia of Apophis.
Jack says, "Aliens are always poking me full of holes." Earlier in the season, in Message in a Bottle (1998), Jack was impaled by an alien artifact.