Thunderbird Park and provencial [sic] museum, Victoria, BC
- 134-a040078
- Stuk
- 9 Aug. 1972
Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds
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Thunderbird Park and provencial [sic] museum, Victoria, BC
Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds
Tallest totem pole, carved by Mungo Martin, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, B.C.
Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds
Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds
This pole was on display at UBC in Totem Park in the 1960’s and 1970’s and moved to the Museum in the late 1970’s. It was carved in 1914 in Tsaxis (Fort Rupert) by George Hunt Sr. 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 collected by Marius Barbeau and Arthur Price in 1947. 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.
Iconography: Kolus is a young thunderbird. Thunderbird is a supernatural bird identifiable by the presence of ear-like projections or horns on the head, and a re-curved beak. The pole alludes to the story of Tongas people in south Alaska, who migrated south.
Kwakiutl, new Mungo Martin pole #1, Totem Park, UBC, Vancouver
Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds
Carved by Mungo Martin 1951. Erected in UBC Totem Park. Moved to MOA in 1970’s but not erected in Great Hall until 2012 after repairs.
Top of eagle chief's pole of Tanu (original), Fulton Street Park, Prince Rupert, B.C.
Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds
Poles at Museum of Northern British Columbia, Prince Rupert
Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds
Anget pole of Ninstints (copy by William Jeffrey)
Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds
Eagle + grizzly pole of Yan (L.), Flower pole of Yan (R.)
Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds
Copy of grizzly bear totem in Moose Tot park, Prince Rupert, BC.
Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds
John Kelley, Village Island, Alaska - Totem
Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds
Part of MOA General Media collection
Image of several house frontal totem poles at Ninstints on Anthony Island. The totem pole in the foreground is recognizable as one that was transferred to the Museum of Anthropology in 1954. While the others likely were as well, they are more difficult to identify.
Henry Speck carving house posts for Bighouse in Alert Bay
Photograph of two house posts being carved in a carving shed in Alert Bay, BC. Henry Speck smiles in foreground and two other carvers can be seen behind him.
Henry Speck carving house posts for Bighouse in Alert Bay
Photograph of two house posts being carved in a carving shed, in Alert Bay, BC. Three people, including Henry Speck, can be seen working on the posts.
Part of MOA General Media collection
Audrey and Harry Hawthorn in the new Museum of Anthropology. This photograph was likely taken around the time the Museum Opened in May, 1976.
Part of MOA General Media collection
View of Skedans photographed by George Mercer Dawson.
Part of MOA General Media collection
Mortuary poles at SGang Gwaay photographed by Charles F. Newcombe.
Grizzly Bear Pole at T'aanuu Llnagaay
Part of MOA General Media collection
Men preparing to lower the grizzly bear pole at T'aanuu Llnagaay. The pole was removed by the B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee and cut into four sections. It has since been displayed at UBC and at the Museum of Anthropology in these four sections.
School group at the Museum of Anthropology
Part of MOA General Media collection
School group in the foyer at the Museum of Anthropology.
Great Hall at the Museum of Anthropology
Part of MOA General Media collection
Totem poles in the Great Hall at the Museum of Anthropology.
Part of MOA General Media collection
Museum of Anthropology grounds and Great Hall. The totem poles were carved by Mungo Martin.