Totem poles

Closeup of pole at Totem Bite [Bight] Park, Ketchikan, Alaska

134-a040173c
Item
17 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Closeup of top of secretary of state pole #27 (original), Saxman Park, Ketchikan, Alaska

134-a040156c
Item
16 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Completed pole inside packing crate

92-1-a034537
Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a close up of a totem pole, wrapped in plastic and encased in a packing crate.

Copy of grizzly bear totem in Moose Tot park, Prince Rupert, BC.

134-a040130c
Item
13 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Dancer at the Old Masset pole raising at MOA

1-4-B-38 (22.11)-a034869
Item
1982

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

Item is a photo showing a man in Haida regalia dancing in front of a totem pole that is about to be raised. There is a large crowd behind him, watching. There is anther totem pole and a long house in the background.

Detail of a Dzunuk'wa face

132-1-C-B-a041151
Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Image of the face of a Dzunuk'wa sculpture, possibly part of a totem pole. Photograph may have been taken by Wilson Duff.

Detail of a totem pole in Totem Park

132-1-C-C-a041476
Item
August 1975?

Part of MOA General Media collection

Detail of a totem pole standing in Totem Park. This pole was carved by Mungo Martin and later restored by him at the University of British Columbia in 1950-51. It stood in Totem Park until it was moved to the new Museum of Anthropology building in 1975.

Detail of Dzunuk'wa face

132-1-C-B-a041150
Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

View of the face of a Dzunuk'wa sculpture. Photograph may have been taken by Wilson Duff.

Detail of the Mungo Martin Memorial pole

132-1-C-A-a040348
Item
1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

A detail of the Mungo Martin memorial pole just after being raised in Alert Bay.

Detail of the Mungo Martin Memorial pole

132-1-C-A-a040327
Item
1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

A close up image of the Mungo Martin Memorial pole during the raising ceremony in Alert Bay.

Detail of the Mungo Martin Memorial pole

132-1-C-A-a040349
Item
1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

A detail of the Mungo Martin memorial pole before it was raised in Alert Bay.

Deteriorating pole, Centennial Museum, Ketchikan, Alaska

134-a040183c
Item
23 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Don Bain Massive Carvings Documentation Project

133-01-05-C
Subseries
[1991?]-[1996?]

Part of Collections Care, Management and Access fonds

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

Double mortuary pole at totem park

132-1-C-E-a042697
Item
[1963?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Double mortuary pole carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer standing in totem park at UBC.

Doug Cranmer

51-01-39-a039870
Item
[1971]

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Image of Doug Cranmer and an unidentified woman standing near the end of a partially carved totem pole.

Doug Cranmer carving at UBC

132-1-C-E-a042694
Item
[1962?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

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

Doug Cranmer carving frontal plate Haida pole

132-1-C-E-a042693
Item
1962

Part of MOA General Media collection

Doug Cranmer carving the frontal plate of what was likely a double mortuary pole at UBC in 1962.

Doug Cranmer on UBC working on a totem pole

132-1-C-D-a041989
Item
1971

Part of MOA General Media collection

Doug Cranmer working on a totem pole on the UBC campus.

Doug Cranmer standing on the Haida House

132-1-C-E-a042706
Item
[1962?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Doug Cranmer guiding a pole into place on the Haida House roof.

Doug Cranmer standing on the Haida House

132-1-C-D-a041969
Item
[1961?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Photo of artists Doug Cranmer guiding a roof beam into place. This photograph was taken during the original construction of the Haida house in Totem Park.

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