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View of totem pole from Alert Bay, B. C. depicting a man wearing a brimmed hat. Pole appears to be standing in an open area with trees visible in the distance. Postcard title says "3."
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View of totem pole from Alert Bay, B. C. depicting a man wearing a brimmed hat. Pole appears to be standing in an open area with trees visible in the distance. Postcard title says "3."
Part of John Mennie fonds
Item is a glass plate negative of a totem pole and adjacent buildings. Item is labelled, "Indian Village, Alert Bay BC"
Totem pole and cannon, Alert Bay, B.C., Canada
Commercial postcard printed with a photograph of a store in Alert Bay, BC, with a totem pole and cannon in front of the store. A handwritten annotation on the verso identifies this building as a store.
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a totem pole and a few structures on a high point overlooking a river. Snow is on the ground.
Anthony Carter
Totem pole and mountains from Jasper
Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds
Totem pole at Capilano Suspension Bridge
Part of William Carr fonds
Image of a totem pole at Capilano Suspension Bridge.
William Carr
Part of MOA General Media collection
Detail of a totem pole said to be standing in Kispiox. This image may be from a book by Marius Barbeau or Edward Linnaeus Keithahn.
Part of MOA General Media collection
Totem pole standing in situ at Kitwancool. It was later removed and taken to the University of British Columbia. It currently stands in the Great Hall at the Museum of Anthropology.
Totem pole at Man & His World carved by H. Hunt Montréal Expo '67
Part of MOA General Media collection
Detail of a totem pole carved by Henry Hunt at Expo 67 in Montréal.
Totem pole at Man & His World carved by Henry Hunt-Montreal Expo '67
Part of MOA General Media collection
Detail of a totem pole carved by Henry Hunt at Expo 67 in Montréal.
Totem pole at Man & His World carved by Henry Hunt-Montreal Expo '67
Part of MOA General Media collection
Totem pole carved by Henry Hunt at Expo 67 in Montréal.
Totem pole at Man & His World carved by Henry Hunt-Montreal Expo '67
Part of MOA General Media collection
Detail of a totem pole carved by Henry Hunt at Expo 67 in Montréal.
Totem pole at Man & His World carved by Henry Hunt-Montreal Expo '67
Part of MOA General Media collection
Detail of a totem pole carved by Henry Hunt at Expo 67 in Montréal.
Part of Stanley E. Read fonds
Image depicts a totem pole located in a valley with mountains in the distance. The pole is probably from the Kitwanga or Kispiox villages in the Skeena Valley. This pole features a fish on top and a series of ravens interspersed with human-like characters below that. One section of the pole is not carved.
Totem pole by Chief Ernie Hyjmar (Gitsegukla), Skeena
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a totem pole by Chief Ernie Hyjmar (Gitsegukla), Skeena.
Anthony Carter
Closeup of very tall totem pole also depicted in item a033272. This pole resembles one reputed to be the world's tallest totem pole. Built in the late 1960s, it was raised in 1973. It is attributed to carver Jimmy Dick and stands 173 feet tall. In 2007 the top of this pole was blown off in high winds.
Part of Stanley E. Read fonds
Image depicts a totem pole that features a human figure at the base and three other human figures, aligned horizontally across the pole. Other wooden structures can be seen in the background. Read's note indicates that a possible explanation for this pole can be found in Barbeau, p. 149, which suggests that the three humans carved in this pole may be Hrpugweelan, a crest of Ksemgitgeegyaenih, a Larhsail chief.
Several individuals, men and women, work on a totem pole located inside a tent. One wall of the tent has been pushed aside to reveal trees and sky in the distance. This appears to have been taken at the same time as item a033228.
Part of Stanley E. Read fonds
Image depicts a close up showing the details of the lower figures on a totem pole, probably the Snag-of-the-Sand-Bar pole from the House of Chief Skogum Laxhe. The bottom figure is is the monster Hagwelawrh, who lives under the water and causes the Sand-Bar to raise with his back. See also image a034836 for another view of this pole.
Part of Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada Slide Collection
Item is a hand-tinted glass lantern slide of a totem with a building in the background and a boat in the foreground with low tide. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken in Alert Bay.