Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Skedans Mortuary Pole

86-02-a039721
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[1949 or 1950]

Part of William Carr fonds

Image of the original Skedans Mortuary Pole in Stanley Park. Pole carved in Skidegate in Haida Gwaii in the 1870's.

William Carr

The mortuary house being reassembled

132-1-C-A-a040614
Item
1978?

Part of MOA General Media collection

Image shows the mortuary house while it was being reassembled.

The mortuary house being reassembled

132-1-C-A-a040615
Item
1978?

Part of MOA General Media collection

Image shows the mortuary house while it was being reassembled.

The mortuary house being reassembled

132-1-C-A-a040613
Item
1978?

Part of MOA General Media collection

Image shows the mortuary house while it was being reassembled.

Totem pole and house at Old Kasaan

132-1-C-C-a041619
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[196-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Image of an old house and totem pole belonging to Chief Son-i-hat at Old Kasaan. This photograph is likely from a book by Marius Barbeau or Edward Linnaeus Keithahn.

Totem pole in forest, Anthony Island

51-01-29-a039483
Item

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Totem pole in the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-C-a041571
Item
1976?

Part of MOA General Media collection

Totem pole on display in the Museum of Anthropology.

Totem pole or house post, Anthony Island

51-01-29-a039466
Item

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Totem pole or house post, Anthony Island

51-01-29-a039470
Item

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Totem pole, Anthony Island

51-01-29-a039476
Item

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Totem pole, Anthony Island

51-01-29-a039473
Item

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Totem pole, Anthony Island

51-01-29-a039478
Item

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Totem pole, Anthony Island

51-01-29-a039472
Item

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Totem pole, Anthony Island

51-01-29-a039477
Item

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Totem poles and houses at Skedans

132-1-C-C-a041624
Item
[19--?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Totem poles and houses said to be at Skedans. This image may be from a book by Marius Barbeau or Edward Linnaeus Keithahn.

Totem poles at Massett

96-01-04-a039365a
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1863

Part of Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds

Image depicts external view of a building, mortuary poles, and house posts in Masset, B. C. A bear sits atop the mortuary or memorial pole in the foreground. This may have been a mortuary figure with a receptacle in the side to receive a box of ashes or a child

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.

Two men recovering a house post from SG̱ang Gwaay (Anthony Island)

132-1-C-A-a040290
Item
[1957?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Two men recovering a house post from SG̱ang Gwaay (Anthony Island). This work was part of the "Ninstints Expedition" to recover eleven totem poles from the area.

View of the Bill Reid Rotunda

132-1-C-C-a041781
Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

View of what is now called the Bill Reid Rotunda. Instead of Raven and The First Men on display here, a Haida house frontal totem pole is on display. This pole was transferred to the Museum of Anthropology from Tanoo in 1954.

View of the Great Hall from Gallery 3

132-1-C-C-a041776
Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

View of the Great Hall from Gallery 3 (now known as the O'Brian Gallery).

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