Totem poles

Raven and frog pole #2 (replica), Saxman Park, Ketchikan, Alaska

134-a040162c
Item
16 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Raven pole re-erected as memorial pole

132-1-A-2005.001.169
Item
1952

Part of MOA General Media collection

Item is a photograph showing a Raven Pole. To the left are a figure of a man and wife, and a dog.

C. MacKay

Removing bark from a tree

92-1-a034503
Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts Doug Cranmer removing bark from a pole using what seems to be an axe.

(Replica) Haida house front and poles #14, 15, 16 + 17, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.

134-a040089c
Item
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

(Replica) Haida mortuary pole, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.

134-a040079
Item
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

(Replica) Tsimshian and Haida memorial poles #9, 10, 13, 14, 15, + 17, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.

134-a040080
Item
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

(Replica) Tsimshian memorial pole #13, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, BC

134-a040082c
Item
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

(Replica) Tsimshian memorial poles #9, 10, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.

134-a040081
Item
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

(Replica)?, Haida memorial pole #4, 6, Totem Park, UBC, Vancouver

134-a040106c
Item
7 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Double mortuary pole by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer (1960-61). Moved from Totem Park to MOA in 1978.

(Replica)?, Haida sea wolf #2, Totem Park - UBC, Vancouver

134-a040105c
Item
7 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

The Wasgo is a monster of Haida legend that had the ability to transform between wolf and sea creature. Carved and painted by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer in 1962.

(Replicas)?, mortuary poles (Haida), dwelling house and sea wolf, Totem Park, UBC, Vancouver

134-a040107c
Item
7 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

MOA Object ID numbers correspond to poles in the image from left to right.

A50030 carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer (1961-62) as the frontal pole for the front of the Haida house, at the University of British Columbia, 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. Pole was then re-raised in the Great Hall of the Museum on Oct. 31, 2002.

Residential School, Alert Bay, B.C.

41-1-a060278c
Item
[ca.1947-1950]

Part of Diane Elizabeth Barwick fonds

Item is a photograph of the entrance to St. Michael's Indian Residential School in Alert Bay, which was founded in 1929 by the Anglican Church of Canada. Two painted totem poles are visible in front of the school, with thunderbird, [grizzly bear?], and copper forms.

Respect to Bill Reid pole

1-2-L-5 (10.8-9)
File
2000

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains images showing the ceremony and pole raising at the Museum of Anthropology.

Respect to Bill Reid pole inquires

1-2-L-8 (10.12)
File
11 October 2003

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains a letter and images regarding duplication of negatives for a researcher.

Respect to Bill Reid pole slides

1-2-L-9 (10.13)
File
[?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains a slides of work being done on the Respect to Bill Reid Pole.

Respect to Bill Reid pole website

1-2-L-11 (11.1)
File
2002

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains the digital media used to create the virtual museum website for the Respect to Bill Reid Pole in both English and French. These include html pages, audio and video files, images, the electronic invitation to the event, logos and text files, css style sheets, and javascript code.