Totem poles

1-4-E-1-22
File
[ca. 2005]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File includes one drawing and one photograph of MOA Object ID A50012 which is a house frontal totem pole. The photograph is annotated with handwritten information about its originating repository. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.

A50013

1-4-E-1-23
File
[ca. 2005]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File includes one drawing of MOA Object ID A50013 which is a house frontal totem pole. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.

A50014

1-4-E-1-24
File
[ca. 2005]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File includes one drawing and five photographs of MOA Object ID A50014 a and b which are a house totem pole that has been separated into two parts. The images depict the object in its original form prior to separation. The photographs are annotated with handwritten and typed information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.

A50018

1-4-E-1-27
File
[ca. 2005]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File includes one drawing and five photographs of MOA Object ID A50018 and other surrounding totem poles. The photographs are annotated with handwritten information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.

Anthony Island (Ninstins) totems

25-02-05-a037635
Item
August 1967

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of an old totem pole, now beginning to fall down and decay, on Anthony Island.

Anthony Carter

Anthony Island [Ninstints]

25-02-05
File
1967

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

File consists of images of the Ninstins (or Ninstints) village site on Anthony Island, Haida Gwaii.

Anthony Carter

Anthony Island totem poles

25-02-05-a037641
Item
1968

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a totem pole on Anthony Island. A picture of this pole is printed on page 115 of the book This is Haida, with the caption: "One of the largest poles on the Island. The frog was quite common in the designs of the Anthony Island carvers."

Anthony Carter

Anthony Island totem poles

25-02-05-a037642
Item
1968

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of totem poles still standing on Anthony Island.

Anthony Carter

Haida

1-4-E-2-3
File
[ca. 2005]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File consists of photographic prints depicting Haida cultural objects from other institutions. 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 Object ID A50000 a, b, c, & d; A50001; A50002 a, b, & c; A50012; A50013; A50014 a & b; A50015 a & b; A50017; A50018; A50021; and A50045 in MOA's Great Hall.

Haida

1-4-C-10 (65.1-5; 66.1-2)
File
[199-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File mainly contains historical images of Haida and Tlingit villages and totem poles located on the Northwest Coast of British Columbia and Alaska. There are also images of Haida and Tlingit peoples dressed in regalia. Other photos include images of Haida and Tlingit artifacts, such as bentwood boxes and carvings, housed in various museums around the world. There are also images of a modern day ceremony in front of some totem poles and long houses. The textual records include photocopies of images of totem poles and Haida and Tlingit villages.

House frontal totem poles

132-1-C-C-a041639
Item
1954?

Part of MOA General Media collection

Image of several house frontal totem poles at Ninstints on Anthony Island. The totem pole in the foreground is recognizable as one that was transferred to the Museum of Anthropology in 1954. While the others likely were as well, they are more difficult to identify.