Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

134-1
Item
1969

Totem poles on display in the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-C-a041527
Item
1976?

Totem poles on display in the Museum of Anthropology. The pole in the foreground was transferred to UBC from Skedans in 1954. The pole behind it was transferred from Ninstints in 1957.

Totem poles on display in the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-C-a041531
Item
1976?

Part of MOA General Media collection

Totem poles on display in the Museum of Anthropology Great Hall. The items on the viewer's right were transferred from Tanoo in 1954 and the items on the left were transferred from Skedans in 1954.

Totem poles on display in the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-C-a041533
Item
1976?

Part of MOA General Media collection

Totem poles on display in the Museum of Anthropology's Great Hall. These items were transferred to the University of British Columbia from Skedans in 1954.

Totem poles on display in the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-C-a041534
Item
1976?

Part of MOA General Media collection

Totem poles on display in the Museum of Anthropology's Great Hall. Children play on the Wasgo sculpture. The totem poles were transferred to the University of British Columbia from Ninstints in 1957.

Totem poles on ground, Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.

134-a040075
Item
5 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Totem poles on the ground with poles standing in the background

132-1-C-A-a040620
Item
1978?

Part of MOA General Media collection

Totem poles laid out on the ground for the construction of the Haida and mortuary houses. Two totem poles stand in the background.

Totem poles restored by Mungo Martin

132-1-C-A-a040267
Item
1950

Part of MOA General Media collection

Two totem poles standing in Totem Park on UBC. The one in the foreground was originally carved by Charlie James. It was lated restored by Mungo Martin and Charlie James.

Totem poles standing in Totem Park

132-1-C-C-a041439
Item
August 1975?

Part of MOA General Media collection

Totem poles standing in Totem Park. The second pole from the viewer's left 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.

Totem Poles, Alert Bay, B. C.

81-04-a033252
Item
[ca. 1960 - 1990]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Image depicts two totem poles on the grounds of St. Michael's Indian Residential School in Alert Bay, B. C. The poles include Thunderbirds, Grizzly Bears, and Coopers at the base of each pole. Photo attributed to E. J. Cooke.

Totem poles, an illustrated guide

1-1-A
Subseries
1981

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

Subseries contain the images used in the Museum Notes booklet titled Totem Poles: An illustrated Guide by Marjorie M. Halpin, as well as a copy of the booklet.

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