Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Totem poles at Stanley Park

86-02-a039722
Stuk
[1949 or 1950]

Part of William Carr fonds

Image of totem poles at Stanley Park. From left to right: Thunderbird house post and Ne-is-bik Salmon Pole.

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Alert Bay totem poles

86-02-a039764
Stuk
[1949 or 1950]

Part of William Carr fonds

Image of two totem poles at Alert Bay. In the foreground is the Thunderbird (top) and Dzunukwa(bottom) totem pole in Alert Bay. Pole was carved in 1931 at Blunden Harbour by Willie Seaweed, assisted by Joe Seaweed. Totem pole was a memorial for Billie Moon. In the background is a memorial pole for Wa'osta'as, wife of Sam Charlie. Carved in the 1800's by an unknown carver.

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Alert Bay memorial pole

86-02-a039765
Stuk
[1949 or 1950]

Part of William Carr fonds

Image of a memorial pole at Alert Bay. Inscription at the bottom held by the figure reads "In loving memory of Tlaowa Latle of the Qiowasudinuk (Kwakwaka'wakw: Kwikwasut'inuxw) Tribe. Died Nov. 9 [rest of inscription illegible].

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Alert Bay Abraham memorial pole

86-02-a039767
Stuk
[1949 or 1950]

Part of William Carr fonds

Image of a memorial pole for Abraham at Alert Bay. Carving of pole attributed to Charlie James for Abraham who hailed from Village Island and Fort Rupert.

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Alert Bay totem poles

86-02-a039769
Stuk
[1949 or 1950]

Part of William Carr fonds

Image of two totem poles at Alert Bay. In the foreground is a memorial pole for Chief Wakas. It was raised in 1924 and carved by Arthur Shaughnessy. In the background is a memorial pole for Amos Dawson's uncle. Carved by Charlie James.

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Carver with Feast Dish in Alert Bay

Part of Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada Slide Collection

Item is a hand-tinted glass lantern slide of a carver with a feast dish in front of a house. There are five children and one adult in the background. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken in Alert Bay.

Raven pole re-erected as memorial pole

132-1-A-2005.001.169
Stuk
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.

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Totem poles and Vancouver sky line, Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.

134-a040077
Stuk
5 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
Stuk
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

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

134-a040081
Stuk
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

World's tallest totem pole, carved by Mungo Martin, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, B.C.

134-a040085c
Stuk
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

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

134-a040105c
Stuk
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
Stuk
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.