Carving

R. Davidson [Jr.] pole raising, Masset Q.C.I., stone carvings

25-02-09-a037715
Item
August 22, 1969

Image taken at a pole raising ceremony in Masset. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. This image shows a crowd gathered for the event, including a group of three older men seated in the foreground, in what appears to be ceremonial dress.

Anthony Carter

R. Davidson [Jr.] pole raising, Masset Q.C.I., stone carvings

25-02-09-a037716
Item
August 22, 1969

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image taken at a pole raising ceremony in Masset. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. This image shows Davidson speaking into a microphone, wearing what appears to be ceremonial clothing and a headdress. A crowd is gathered around him.

Anthony Carter

R. Davidson [Jr.] pole raising, Masset Q.C.I., stone carvings

25-02-09-a037718
Item
August 22, 1969

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of an engraved stone, possibly a gravestone. The engraving is of an animal figure, with what appears to be a date.

Anthony Carter

Raising up a tree

92-1-a034504
Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts Doug Cranmer using a jack to raise the end of a large tree trunk.

Ramp of the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-E-a043079
Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Ramp with totem poles at the Museum of Anthropology.

Rattles and model totems

132-1-C-B-a040720
Item
[1966?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Display for the exhibit "The Killer Whale." Shows rattles and model totem poles.

Raven and frog pole #2 (replica), Saxman Park, Ketchikan, Alaska

134-a040162c
Item
16 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Raven pole re-erected as memorial pole

132-1-A-2005.001.169
Item
1952

Part of MOA General Media collection

Item is a photograph showing a Raven Pole. To the left are a figure of a man and wife, and a dog.

C. MacKay

Removing bark from a tree

92-1-a034503
Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts Doug Cranmer removing bark from a pole using what seems to be an axe.

(Replica) Haida house front and poles #14, 15, 16 + 17, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.

134-a040089c
Item
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

(Replica) Haida mortuary pole, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.

134-a040079
Item
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

(Replica) Tsimshian and Haida memorial poles #9, 10, 13, 14, 15, + 17, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.

134-a040080
Item
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

(Replica) Tsimshian memorial pole #13, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, BC

134-a040082c
Item
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

(Replica) Tsimshian memorial poles #9, 10, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.

134-a040081
Item
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

(Replica)?, Haida memorial pole #4, 6, Totem Park, UBC, Vancouver

134-a040106c
Item
7 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Double mortuary pole by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer (1960-61). Moved from Totem Park to MOA in 1978.

(Replica)?, Haida sea wolf #2, Totem Park - UBC, Vancouver

134-a040105c
Item
7 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

The Wasgo is a monster of Haida legend that had the ability to transform between wolf and sea creature. Carved and painted by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer in 1962.

(Replicas)?, mortuary poles (Haida), dwelling house and sea wolf, Totem Park, UBC, Vancouver

134-a040107c
Item
7 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

MOA Object ID numbers correspond to poles in the image from left to right.

A50030 carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer (1961-62) as the frontal pole for the front of the Haida house, at the University of British Columbia, for display in Totem Park. Moved to the new Museum of Anthropology grounds in 1978. Pole was removed from the Haida House in 2000-09 and placed in a greenhouse tent for conservation treatment and drying. Pole was then re-raised in the Great Hall of the Museum on Oct. 31, 2002.

Residential School, Alert Bay, B.C.

41-1-a060278c
Item
[ca.1947-1950]

Part of Diane Elizabeth Barwick fonds

Item is a photograph of the entrance to St. Michael's Indian Residential School in Alert Bay, which was founded in 1929 by the Anglican Church of Canada. Two painted totem poles are visible in front of the school, with thunderbird, [grizzly bear?], and copper forms.

Respect to Bill Reid pole