Totem poles

MOA Magazine, Issue 08, Fall 2019

124-02-07-08
Item
Fall 2019

Part of MOA Publications and Ephemera collection

This issue contains articles on current and upcoming exhibitions, the Great Hall seismic upgrades, the UBC President's Staff Award for Community Engagement recipient Salma Mawani, the beginning of a project to decolonize MOA's Africa collections, funding from Canadian Heritage's Museum Assistance Program, Playing with Fire: Ceramics of the Extraordinary, the history of the museum and the Hawthorns, fast fashion and sustainable textiles, highlights from the Multiversity Galleries, the return of a Haida mortuary pole, the Native Youth Program, the MOA shop, artist-in-residence Sharon Reay, and the MOA Director's Advisory Council.

MOA Magazine, Issue 06, Fall 2018

124-02-07-06
Item
Fall 2018

Part of MOA Publications and Ephemera collection

This issue contains articles on current and upcoming exhibitions, Great Hall seismic upgrade renovations, Carol E. Mayer's trip to the island of Erub, volunteer Marcie Powell's work on textiles, contemporary art in the Multiversity Galleries, Debra Sparrow's weaving at the museum, the raising of a new Raven Pole at Wuikinuxv Village, the Volunteer Associates enrichment trip, the Native Youth Program, and an interview with Ann Stevenson, retiring Information Manager.

Missing eagle arm totem pole

81-04-a033263
Item
[ca. 1960 - 1990]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

View of an unnamed totem pole located at the Namgis Burial Grounds. It features an eagle at the top, which is distinguished by having only one arm.

Miscellaneous totem pole images

25-04-12
File
[197-?]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

File consists of images of totem poles and other carvings, some of which were taken at the University of British Columbia. The others are unidentified.

Anthony Carter

Midsection of partially carved pole

92-1-a034518
Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a partially carved pole, highlighting the mid section of the pole.

Michael Ames with guests in Great Hall

25-05-11-a038728
Item
[197-?]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image in the Museum of Anthropology's Great Hall. Michael Ames (MOA Director) is on the left. Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau in on the right. The third individual is unidentified.

Men preparing to hoist a totem pole into position

132-1-C-A-a040630
Item
1975

Part of MOA General Media collection

Men prepare to hoist a totem pole into position in the Great Hall of the new Museum of Anthropology building.

Men hoisting a totem pole into position

132-1-C-A-a040628
Item
1975

Part of MOA General Media collection

Men hoisting a totem pole into position in the Great Hall in the new Museum of Anthropology building.

Men hoisting a totem pole into position

132-1-C-A-a040632
Item
1975

Part of MOA General Media collection

Men hoisting a totem pole into position in the Great Hall in the new Museum of Anthropology building.

Memorial poles at Alert Bay

81-04-a033255
Item
[ca. 1960 - 1990]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Image depicts memorial poles in an Alert Bay cemetery. Some buildings and mountains visible in the distance.

Memorial pole, Totem Park

25-05-12-a039625
Item
[197-]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of memorial pole when it stood at UBC's Totem Park. The pole is now part of MOA's collection.

The pole was carved at UBC for display in Totem Park. Moved to the new Museum of Anthropology grounds in 1978. This pole is based on the beaver pole standing at the north end of Skidegate. The raven figure was removed from the top of the pole in Sept. 2005 due to its poor condition and safety concerns .

Anthony Carter

Memorial pole, Totem Park

25-05-12-a039635
Item
1977

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of memorial pole when it stood at UBC's Totem Park. The pole is now part of MOA's collection.

The pole was carved at UBC for display in Totem Park. Moved to the new Museum of Anthropology grounds in 1978. This pole is based on the beaver pole standing at the north end of Skidegate. The raven figure was removed from the top of the pole in Sept. 2005 due to its poor condition and safety concerns .

Anthony Carter

Memorial pole, Totem Park

25-05-12-a039636
Item
1977

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of memorial pole when it stood at UBC's Totem Park. The pole is now part of MOA's collection.

The pole was carved at UBC for display in Totem Park. Moved to the new Museum of Anthropology grounds in 1978. This pole is based on the beaver pole standing at the north end of Skidegate. The raven figure was removed from the top of the pole in Sept. 2005 due to its poor condition and safety concerns .

Anthony Carter

Memorial pole, Totem Park

25-05-12-a039637
Item
1977

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of memorial pole when it stood at UBC's Totem Park. The pole is now part of MOA's collection.

The pole was carved at UBC for display in Totem Park. Moved to the new Museum of Anthropology grounds in 1978. This pole is based on the beaver pole standing at the north end of Skidegate. The raven figure was removed from the top of the pole in Sept. 2005 due to its poor condition and safety concerns .

Anthony Carter

Memorial pole by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer

132-1-C-A-a040617
Item
1978?

Part of MOA General Media collection

In the foreground is the memorial pole by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer. The newly constructed Haida and mortuary houses are in the background with other totem poles.

Memorial pole

94-a034842
Item
1948

Part of Stanley E. Read fonds

Image depicts a totem pole with an inscription indicating that it is in memorial to a Chief who died. The pole depicts two similarly carved creatures that may be owls. Several buildings are visible behind the pole and mountains can be seen in the distance.

Massett Village

96-01-03-a039351a
Item
1863

Part of Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds

Image depicts canoes, house, house posts, and totem poles on a shoreline in Masset, Haida Gwaii, B. C. Printed around the border of the image is the photographer information "PHOTOGRAPHED BY R. MAYNARD, VICTORIA, . . . B. C." Handwritten inscription on the border reads "Massett [sic] Village Q. Ch. Is." Printed on the verso is the photographer information with the inscription "R. Maynard, Photographic Artist, AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS, COR. OF DOUGLAS AND JOHNSON STS., VICTORIA, B. C. -- Views of British Columbia and Vancouver Island for Sale." A handwritten inscription reads "Indian Totems Queen Charlotte's Island".

Massett Haida pole carving

1-2-EE-1 (13.14 - 14.1)
File
1981-1982

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File mainly contains slides of artist Jim M. Hart carving a replica of a pole that originated in Massett. There are also images of the replica pole's raising ceremony held at MOA in 1982.

Masset Village

96-01-02-a039344a
Item
[ca. 199-]

Part of Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds

Image depicts canoes, house, house posts, and totem poles on a shoreline in Masset, Haida Gwaii, B. C. Handwritten inscription on the verso reads "This is a Indian Village in Masset B. C. at the turn of the century. As you can see there are a lot of wooden shacks, totem poles and canoes. it is a very wild and remote area [redacted]. grandfather Crosby used to travel to these remoat [sic] villages by canoe." Image appears to be reproduction of a039351.

Masset (Haida) pole carved by Jim M. Hart

1-4-B-38 (22.11)-a033868
Item
1982

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

Item is a photo showing a totem pole in a carving shed, shortly before it was raised.

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