Totem poles

Totems, U.B.C.

25-05-11-a038738
Item
1976

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of totem poles on display at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC.

Anthony Carter

Totems, U.B.C.

25-05-11-a038744
Item
1976

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of totem poles on display at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC.

Anthony Carter

Totems, U.B.C.

25-05-11-a038741
Item
1976

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of totem poles on display at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC.

Totems, U.B.C.

25-05-11-a038743
Item
1976

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of totem poles on display at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC.

Town at the head of the inlet

132-1-A-2005-001-170
Item
1952

Part of MOA General Media collection

Item is a series of two photographs showing the rooftops of houses and a totem pole in the foreground. The pole is known as the Nispiq Pole. It belonged to Chief Simon Walkus, Sr. and tells of the origins of the Wuikinuxv people.

C. MacKay

Transforming image research photos

1-1-MMM-b-2 (37.2-3)
File
[ca.2000]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains images used for research during the image recovery project and the Transforming Image Exhibit.

Tree with bark partially removed

92-1-a034512
Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a tree with the bark partially stripped.

Tsilhqot'in/Secwepemc/Stl'al'lmx/Nlaka'pamux

1-4-C-7 (63.4-5)
File
[199-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

The majority of the file contains historical images of the Tsilhqot'in, Secwepemc, Stl'al'lmx, and the Nlaka'pamux peoples. The photographs depict village life, including images of building structures in the BC interior, fish processing techniques such as fish drying, and carvings such as mortuary poles. Some of the images also depict First Nations people, some in regalia. The other images are official photographs taken by various museums in Canadian and American museums of Tsilhqot'in, Secwepemc, Stl'al'lmx, or Nlaka'pamux artifacts. The textual records contained in this file consist of a photocopy of a magazine article titled "Upstairs, downstairs: the early years," written by Heather Pringle, and published in the June 1996 (Volume 111, number 5) edition of the magazine Saturday Night.

Tsimshian

1-4-C-1 (60.13-14 & 61.1)
File
[199-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains images of Tsimshian artifacts housed in museums in British Columbia and in what is now known as the Canadian Museum of History. The file also contains images of Tsimshian villages along the Nass River, and historical photos of Tsimshian peoples.

Two frog poles, possibly house posts

51-01-28-a039453
Item
1955 or 1956

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Two old totem poles

51-01-28-a039401
Item
1955 or 1956

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Image of two unidentified totem poles. The poles are short and beginning to decay.

Two poles in village, with mountains in background

51-01-28-a039411
Item
1955 or 1956

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Two totem poles

94-a034829
Item
1948

Part of Stanley E. Read fonds

Image depicts two poles standing in an open area. The front pole features a human-like creature on visible portion. The back pole also includes a human figure at the bottom with an owl on top. The figures on the bottom may be crest figures (Leading In or Halfway Out) or a Man of the Wild. Read's note suggests that one of these may be a Pole of Hrkyadet at Kispiox.

Two totem poles carved by Mungo Martin in Totem Park at UBC

132-1-C-A-a040296
Item
1951

Part of MOA General Media collection

This image shows two totem poles carved by Mungo Martin. They are standing in Totem Park on UBC.

Two totem poles carved by Mungo Martin in Totem Park at UBC

132-1-C-A-a040311
Item
1951

Part of MOA General Media collection

This image shows two totem poles carved by Mungo Martin. They are standing in Totem Park on UBC.

Two totem poles in a field

81-04-a033259
Item
[ca. 1976 - 1990]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Image depicts two totem poles in an open area. Pole on image left resembles a pole carved by Tony Hunt, Calvin Hunt, Peter Knox, and John Livingston in 1976 as a memorial for Johnathan Hunt. It features Raven, Man Holding a Copper, Sun Holding a Copper, and Killer Whale.