(Replica) Kwakiutl housepost #5, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.
- 134-a040083c
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- 9 Aug. 1972
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(Replica) Kwakiutl housepost #5, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.
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Tallest totem pole, carved by Mungo Martin, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, B.C.
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(Replica) Haida thunderbird and whale #16, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.
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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
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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.
Kwakiutl house frame #4, Totem Park, UBC, Vancouver
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UBC Totem Park – (Sea-Lion and Thunderbird House) c. 1900 Knight Inlet. No longer on display. Now in storage at MOA.
Anget pole of Ninstints (copy by William Jeffrey)
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(Replica) Tsimshian memorial poles #9, 10, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.
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World's tallest totem pole, carved by Mungo Martin, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, B.C.
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(Replica)?, Haida sea wolf #2, Totem Park - UBC, Vancouver
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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
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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.
(Replica)? Haida dwelling house, Totem Park, UBC, Vancouver
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Mortuary House frontal pole by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer (1960-61) moved from Totem Park to MOA in 1978.
Top of tallest pole, carved by Mungo Martin, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, B.C.
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Kwakiutl (carved by Mungo Martin), Alert Bay sea lion pole #2, Totem Park - UBC, Vancouver
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Originally carved by Mungo Martin in 1902 (Alert Bay). Refurbished by Mungo Martin in 1949. Erected in UBC Totem Park and moved to MOA Great Hall c. 1976.
Bear totem carved by Henry Hunt, Kelsey Bay, B.C.
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Grizzly bear pole of Skedans (copy by William Jeffrey), City Hall, Prince Rupert, B.C.
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(Replica) Haida mortuary pole, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.
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(Replica) Tsimshian memorial pole #13, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, BC
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(Replica) Haida house front and poles #14, 15, 16 + 17, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.
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