Totem poles

Totem and channel, Totem Bite [Bight], Ketchikan, Alaska

134-a040164c
Stuk
17 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Pole at Totem Bite [Bight], Ketchikan, Alaska

134-a040165c
Stuk
17 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Totem at Totem Bite [Bight], Ketchikan, Alaska

134-a040166c
Stuk
17 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Top of pole, Totem Bite [Bight], Ketchikan, Alaska

134-a040170c
Stuk
17 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Totems at Totem Bite [Bight], Ketchikan, Alaska

134-a040176c
Stuk
17 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Totems and house at Totem Bite [Bight], Ketchikan, Alaska

134-a040177c
Stuk
17 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Chief Johnson's pole, Ketchikan, Alaska

134-a040182c
Stuk
23 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Alert Bay Kingcome 73

144-1-7
Bestanddeel
[1973]

Part of Minn Sjolseth fonds

File consists of slides depicting totems in what the file annotation refers to as Alert Bay and Kingcome.

Broken totem pole

94-a034823
Stuk
1948

Part of Stanley E. Read fonds

Image depicts a part of a fallen totem pole, surrounded by foliage. The animal may be a wolf; it depicts teeth in an open mouth.

Front matter

1-4-E-2-1
Bestanddeel
[ca. 2005]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File consists of handwritten notes, photocopies, and photographic prints provided by other institutions of various items that may be currently or previously located in MOA's Great Hall. Many of the prints are annotated with handwritten, stamped, or typed information about the contents of the images or their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.

Henry Speck carving house posts for Bighouse in Alert Bay

81-05-a033145
Stuk
1964

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of Henry Speck carving a house posts for a Bighouse in a carving shed in Alert Bay, BC.

Doug Cranmer standing on the Haida House

132-1-C-D-a041969
Stuk
[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.

Doug Cranmer on UBC working on a totem pole

132-1-C-D-a041989
Stuk
1971

Part of MOA General Media collection

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

Bill Reid and an interior house post

132-1-C-C-a041511
Stuk
1960?

Part of MOA General Media collection

Bill Reid stands near the interior house post of the Haida House. The date of this photograph is uncertain but may have been taken around 1960 when the structure was originally being built. The post in the photograph was carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer.

The Haida House and Mortuary House in their original positions

132-1-C-C-a041512
Stuk
1960?

Part of MOA General Media collection

The Haida House and Mortuary House with accompanying totem poles in what appear to be their original positions before being moved in to the grounds of the new Museum of Anthropology.

Totem poles on display in the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-C-a041534
Stuk
1976?

Part of MOA General Media collection

Totem poles on display in the Museum of Anthropology's Great Hall. Children play on the Wasgo sculpture. The totem poles were transferred to the University of British Columbia from Ninstints in 1957.