Totem poles

Images of Haida (?) Poles

11-02-a032701_8
Item
[ca. 1889 - 1891]

Part of Robert Reford fonds

Item is an image of two buildings and three poles.

Images of totem poles

132-1-C-E-a042755
Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

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.

Indian carver, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.

134-a040090c
Item
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Indian cemetery - Alert Bay, BC

30-30-01-30-01-01-a039001
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Image is of a First Nations burial site: road in foreground, power line and two totem poles in background

Indian totem pole - Alert Bay, BC

30-30-01-30-01-01-a039006
Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

One totem pole. Labelled: "Indian Totem Pole. Alert Bay B.C." "Indian" also printed on non-image area, proper right

Indian Village Alert Bay, B. C.

81-04-a033234
Item
[195-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

View of Indian Village at Alert Bay, B. C. Several wooded houses are depicted, and three feature totem poles in front of the structures.

Initial carving stages at Haida Gwaii

1-2-L-3 (10.2-3)
File
1999

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains images showing artists beginning to work on Bill Reid's pole..

Inspecting a partially carved pole

92-1-a034533
Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts Doug Cranmer and another carver, possibly Godfrey Hunt, with a partially carved pole. A man and a woman observe the work.

Interior of the Great Hall

132-1-C-C-a041771
Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

View of the Interior of the Great Hall of the Museum of Anthropology.

Interior of the Great Hall

132-1-C-C-a041772
Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

View of the Interior of the Great Hall of the Museum of Anthropology.

Island Moments

81-04-a033251
Item
[ca. 1960 - 1990]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Image depicts four totem poles standing in a cleared area. A structure is visible in the lower left corner of the image. The totem on the image's far left appears to be a pole carved by Tony Hunt (with Calvin Hunt, John Livingston, and Peter Knox), located in the Nimpkish Band Cemetery at Alert Bay.

Islander Lying at the Wharf Lax-Kw'alaams Fire Hall with Group in the Foregound

11-02-a032708_1
Item
[ca. 1889 - 1891]

Part of Robert Reford fonds

Item is an image of a group posing by a totem pole and in front of a building. A ship is visible in the background. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Lax-Kw'alaams (previously known as Port Simpson and Fort Simpson) by the Fire Hall and the ship in the background is the Islander.

Items on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040479
Item
1969 or 1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

Items from the Museum of Anthropology including spoons, hats, blankets, dishes, and model totem poles on display in Montréal for the Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Items on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040435
Item
1969 or 1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

Items from the Museum of Anthropology including house posts, feast dishes, a bentwood box, and model totem poles, on display in Montréal for the Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Items on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040480
Item
1969 or 1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

Items from the Museum of Anthropology including spoons, hats, blankets, dishes, and model totem poles on display in Montréal for the Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Items on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040478
Item
1969 or 1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

Items from the Museum of Anthropology including spoons, hats, blankets, dishes, and model totem poles on display in Montréal for the Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Jacquie Gijssen’s negatives of R. Davidson’s Pepsi-Co Commission