Cultural groups

104-8-20
File
1997

Photocopy of publication from Ministry of Education, Skills and Training (BC). Lead author was Y. Kathy Brown.

132-1-A-2005-001-170
Item
1952

Item is a series of two photographs showing the rooftops of houses and a totem pole in the foreground. The pole is known as the Nispiq Pole. It belonged to Chief Simon Walkus, Sr. and tells of the origins of the Wuikinuxv people.

C. MacKay

Totem with bear

94-a034851
Item
1948

Part of Stanley E. Read fonds

Image depicts a short totem with a bear at the base, an uncarved portion, and a smaller animal at the top. The bear is noteworthy because of its realistic style.

Totem poles standing in Totem Park

132-1-C-C-a041439
Item
August 1975?

Part of MOA General Media collection

Totem poles standing in Totem Park. The second pole from the viewer's left was carved by George Hunt Sr. The pole is now part of the museum's collection.
This pole was originally carved for the Edward S. Curtis film "In the Land of the War Canoes" which was originally titled "In the Land of the Head Hunters." The pole was repaired and re-painted by carvers Ellen Neel in 1949 and Mungo Martin in 1950-51. It stood at Totem Park, UBC Campus until it was re-located to the Museum's Great Hall in 1976.

Totem poles restored by Mungo Martin

132-1-C-A-a040267
Item
1950

Part of MOA General Media collection

Two totem poles standing in Totem Park on UBC. The one in the foreground was originally carved by Charlie James. It was lated restored by Mungo Martin and Charlie James.

Totem poles on the ground with poles standing in the background

132-1-C-A-a040620
Item
1978?

Part of MOA General Media collection

Totem poles laid out on the ground for the construction of the Haida and mortuary houses. Two totem poles stand in the background.

Totem poles at Massett

96-01-04-a039365a
Item
1863

Part of Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds

Image depicts external view of a building, mortuary poles, and house posts in Masset, B. C. A bear sits atop the mortuary or memorial pole in the foreground. This may have been a mortuary figure with a receptacle in the side to receive a box of ashes or a child

Totem poles and houses at Skedans

132-1-C-C-a041624
Item
[19--?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Totem poles and houses said to be at Skedans. This image may be from a book by Marius Barbeau or Edward Linnaeus Keithahn.

Totem poles along a road

94-a034835
Item
1948

Part of Stanley E. Read fonds

Image depicts a row of totem poles standing along the side of a dirt road. Based on Read`s diary and the figures on these poles, this photo may have been taken in Kitwanga, and the pole on the far left may be the Dog Salmon Pole.

Totem poles along a road

94-a034844
Item
1948

Part of Stanley E. Read fonds

Image depicts a dirt road with several totem poles situated along the roadside. The poles are viewed from a distance, making it hard to identify any crests on the poles. Several wooden structures can be seen near the poles and mountains are visible in the distance.

Totem pole, Uchucklesaht

25-03-18-a038250
Item
1973

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a the only standing totem pole left at Uchucklesaht village site on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island, with Carter's dog, Edda Lite.

Anthony Carter

Totem pole, Mamalilikulla

25-03-17-a038248
Item
1973

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of an old totem pole at the Mamalilikulla village, Village Island. The pole is being held up by a rope.

Anthony Carter

Totem pole, Ehattesaht, Esperanza Inlet

25-03-11-a038164
Item
[1972]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a totem pole at the Ehahsitaht Village site. A similar image is printed on page 117 of Carter's book "From History's Locker," with the caption: "From the cliff above the village site of Ehahsitaht the figures of this solitary totem look out on Esperanza Inlet."

Anthony Carter