Carvings on display in store or home
- 81-03-a033195
- Item
- [ca. 1957]
Photograph depicts a number of carvings that are on display in what appears to be either a store or a house.
Mildred Laurie
Carvings on display in store or home
Photograph depicts a number of carvings that are on display in what appears to be either a store or a house.
Mildred Laurie
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of totem pole carved by Charles James.
The pole was re-adzed and re-painted by Kwakwaka'wakw carver Mungo Martin before shipping to UBC in 1947. Repainted and repaired by Ellen Neel (1949) and by Mungo Martin (1950-51). It stood at Totem Pole Park, UBC Campus until it was re-located to the Museum's Great Hall ca. 1976.
Anthony Carter
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Portrait of Chief John L. George, of the Burrard tribe, holding a small carved pole.
Anthony Carter
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a feast dish. This dish is now part of MOA's object collection.
Anthony Carter
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a carved feast dish in the old carving shed at UBC. Dish is now part of MOA's object collection.
Anthony Carter
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
File consists of images of scenery and residents of the Fraser River and Boston Bar area of British Columbia.
Anthony Carter
From all over the place totem, Mamalilacoola
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a totem pole, with a woman standing in front of it. The pole appears to be the same as the one featured on page 67 of Carter's book "From History's Locker," which has the caption: "One of the finest remaining totems on the coast stands alone in the village of Mamalilacoola."
Anthony Carter
From all over the place, cemetery carved gate
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a cemetery, with a large wooden archway at the entrance, a few totem poles, and some crosses. The archway is carved and painted, featuring two whales on either side, and a figure perched at the top between them.
Anthony Carter
From all over the place, old carved stone
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of what appears to be the remains of an old stone carving sitting on the ground.
Anthony Carter
George Hunt Sr. pole (Kwakwaka’wakw)
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of totem pole 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.
Anthony Carter
House of Wiiseks/Wiigyet of Gitsegukla Totem Pole
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a totem pole in Gitsegukla owned by Gary Hill Sr. of the house of Wiiseks/Wiigyet. The pole was cut down and as of March 2019 there are plans to make another one.
The pole, known as Pole-in-Sand, represents the sandbar at mouth of Skeena River.
Anthony Carter
House of Wiiseks/Wiigyet of Gitsegukla Totem Pole
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a totem pole in Gitsegukla owned by Gary Hill Sr. of the house of Wiiseks/Wiigyet. The pole was cut down and as of March 2019 there are plans to make another one.
This pole is shown on page 127 of Carter's book Abundant Rivers, with the inaccurate caption: "This well-carved pole belongs to Mr. Russell, one of the councillors at Kitsegukla. The predominant long-billed bird is a mythical figure called 'Weneel.'"
Anthony Carter
House of Wiiseks/Wiigyet of Gitsegukla Totem Pole
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a totem pole in Gitsegukla owned by Gary Hill Sr. of the house of Wiiseks/Wiigyet. The pole was cut down and as of March 2019 there are plans to make another one.
This pole is shown on page 127 of Carter's book Abundant Rivers, with the inaccurate caption: "This well-carved pole belongs to Mr. Russell, one of the councillors at Kitsegukla. The predominant long-billed bird is a mythical figure called 'Weneel.'"
Anthony Carter
Part of Robert Reford fonds
Item is an image of two buildings and three poles.
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a portion of one totem pole at Kispiox Village in BC. Another totem pole is visible in the background. These poles appear to be a few from a larger group that is pictured on pages 114-115 of Carter's book Abundant Rivers.
Anthony Carter
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of four Kispoix totem poles. Snow is on the ground.
Anthony Carter
Fonds consists of negative images of petroglyphs largely from the Pacific west coast of North America. Most of the images are from sites located in British Columbia, but there are also images from sites in Washington State, New Mexico, and other areas of the United States and Mexico. There are also images of artifacts, masks, totem poles, wood carvings, and graveyards. Images of family travels, landscapes, wild animals, and house cats are interspersed within the collection.
Lilo Berliner
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a fest dish in MOA's carving shed. The dish is part of MOA's object collection.
Anthony Carter
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of totem poles, canoes, and longhouses(?) in the Nass River valley of BC.
Anthony Carter
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
This historic image appears to be show a box front in Ottawa that is felt to be the same box front as the original one on MOA pole A50020.