A crane prepares to lift a totem pole while a number of people oversee the process and stand on a scaffold to wrap the pole in padding. The totem pole, originally carved by Charlie James and later restored by his son, Mungo Martin, was being moved from Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building.

A crane prepares to lift a totem pole while a number of people oversee the process and stand on a scaffold to wrap the pole in padding. A crowd of people watch the process. The totem pole, originally carved by Charlie James and later restored by his son, Mungo Martin, was being moved from Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building.

A scaffolding surrounds a totem pole that is being moved from Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building. Staff wrap the pole in padding. The totem pole was originally carved by Charlie James and was later restored by Mungo Martin.

A totem pole being moved onto a trailer. It is being moved from Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building. This totem pole was carved by Charlie James and later restored by Mungo Martin.

A totem pole lying on a truck trailer. It is being moved from Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building. This totem pole was carved by Charlie James and later restored by Mungo Martin.

A totem pole being lowered onto the ground by a crane. This totem pole is in the process of being moved from Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building. It was originally carved by Charlie James and later restored by Mungo Martin.

A totem pole, covered in padding, begins to be lowered from its standing position to move it from Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building. This pole was originally carved by Charlie James and later restored by Mungo Martin.

A totem pole being lifted by a crane to be placed in the new Museum of Anthropology building. It was being moved from Totem Park. This totem pole was originally carved by Charlie James and later restored by Mungo Martin.

A totem pole being lifted by a crane to be placed in the new Museum of Anthropology building. It was being moved from Totem Park. This totem pole was originally carved by Charlie James and later restored by Mungo Martin.

A worker secures a totem pole to its support beam in the New Museum of Anthropology after just having moved it there from Totem Park. This pole was originally carved by Charlie James and later restored by Mungo Martin.

Photograph of two house posts being carved in a carving shed in Alert Bay, BC. Henry Speck smiles in foreground and two other carvers can be seen behind him.

Photograph of two house posts being carved in a carving shed, in Alert Bay, BC. Three people, including Henry Speck, can be seen working on the posts.

Audrey and Harry Hawthorn in the new Museum of Anthropology. This photograph was likely taken around the time the Museum Opened in May, 1976.

Doug Cranmer carving for the construction of the Haida House at UBC.

Image of a pole carved as the frontal pole for the front of the Haida house at UBC, for display in Totem Park. Moved to the new Museum of Anthropology grounds in 1978. Pole was removed from the Haida House in 2000-09 and placed in a greenhouse tent for conservation treatment and drying. A new pole was raised outside to replace it (see MOA object Nb1.752). Jim Hart, with Reg Davidson, Michael Nicoll and Tyler Crosby, performed a small informal ceremony for the re-raising of the pole on Oct. 30, 2002 (with Martine Reid in attendance). Pole was then re-raised in the Great Hall of the Museum on Oct. 31, 2002.

Section of a house frontal totem pole carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer for the Haida House complex at Totem Park.

Totem pole from Anthony Island that stood outdoors at UBC, possibly near the War Memorial Gym.

Totem pole from Anthony Island that stood outdoors at UBC, possibly near the War Memorial Gym.

Images of totem poles in situ, possibly from a display at the Museum of Anthropology. At least one of these is currently in the museum's collection and other notes on the collection suggest the other two are as well.

Man standing near the Haida House. The totem pole pictured here is now housed inside the Museum of Anthropology.