Item a041445 - Workers prepare to move a totem pole

Workers use a scaffold to cover a totem pole in padding while a trane prepares to lift it. It is in the process of being moved from Totem Park to the New Museum of Anthropology. This pole was carved by George Hunt Sr. The pole is now part of the museum's collection. This pole was originally carved for the Edward S. Curtis film "In the Land of the War Canoes" which was originally titled "In the Land of the Head Hunters." The pole was repaired and re-painted by carvers Ellen Neel in 1949 and Mungo Martin in 1950-51. It stood at Totem Park, UBC Campus until it was re-located to the Museum's Great Hall in 1976.