- 132-1-C-E-a042775
- Stuk
- [1953?]
Part of MOA General Media collection
Image of the Victory through Honour Pole standing outside Brock Hall at the University of British Columbia, carved by Ellen Neel.
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Part of MOA General Media collection
Image of the Victory through Honour Pole standing outside Brock Hall at the University of British Columbia, carved by Ellen Neel.
Part of MOA General Media collection
Poles from Anthony Island on display at UBC outside the War Memorial Gym.
Part of MOA General Media collection
Totem pole from Anthony Island on display at UBC outside the War Memorial Gym.
Haida mortuary poles at SGang Gwaay Llanagaay
Part of MOA General Media collection
Series of Haida Mortuary poles from SGang Gwaay photographed by Charles F. Newcombe in 1901. The third pole from the left was taken down in 1957 and held at the University of British Columbia and the Museum of Anthropology. In 2009 it was taken down from the Great Hall in the Museum of Anthropology and placed into massive carving storage in preparation for repatriation to the Haida nation.
Don Bain Massive Carvings Documentation Project
Subseries consists of records collected or created by Don Bain during the course of his Massive Carvings Documentation Project. This project took place in the early to mid 1990s. The Massive Carvings Documentation Project was intended to compile information directly related to the poles and massive carvings in the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) collection into a set of Totem Pole Files. The Totem Pole Files were intended to be accessible to MOA staff, volunteers, students, and the general public. The subseries is divided into two sub subseries:
a. Totem pole files
b. Working files
School group at the Museum of Anthropology
Part of MOA General Media collection
School group at the Museum of Anthropology.
Storage shed for poles collection
Part of MOA General Media collection
Storage shed for totem poles moved to UBC by the Totem Pole Preservation Committee.
Top of unidentified totem pole
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Christian church at base of steep mountain
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Totem pole between two wooden buildings
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Totem pole and two coppers, made of wood (?)
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Bear, wolf and frog totem pole, Anthony Island
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of a totem pole on Anthony Island, Haida Gwaii. This appears to be a pole now housed at the Museum of Anthropology (museum item #A50018). This museum item is described as follows: "Base section of a wooden pole, crescent-shaped in cross section and carved in shallow and deep relief. From the top down: a large seated bear with a small wolf between and in its ears and a downward facing frog emerging from the bear’s mouth. In between its arms and legs is a downward facing wolf... Stood outside at the center of the Mountain House, which belonged to the lineage of 'Those Born in the Southern Part of the Islands' of the Eagle Moiety of the Kunghit Haida. Stood near the centre of the village facing the beach along a small bay on the east side of Anthony Island. Island and village also called Skunggwai, or Red Cod Island."
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Totem pole in forest, Anthony Island
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Henry Hunt, Kwak pole, Montreal
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of a totem pole in Montreal, carved by Henry Hunt. This is likely one of the poles that he carved for Expo 67. The pole is seen at night, lit up from below.
New pole in Old Massett, Robt. Davidson, Massett, Aug. 69
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of a totem pole in Massett, Haida Gwaii. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, and is seen just after it was raised. A crowd is still gathered for the pole raising ceremony.