Two totem poles standing in Totem Park on UBC. The one in the foreground was originally carved by Charlie James. It was lated restored by Mungo Martin and Charlie James.
Image of an unidentified totem pole in Alert Bay. A cross stands in the ground next to the pole, possibly indicating that this is a gravesite or graveyard.
Item is a hand-tinted glass lantern slide of a totem with a building in the background and a boat in the foreground with low tide. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken in Alert Bay.
Image of a totem pole by Charlie James. This totem pole was originally completed in 1915, and was later restored by Mungo Martin. It stood in Totem Park at UBC until it was moved to the Great Hall in the Museum of Anthropology.
Image depicts a frontal view of the base of a small-scale totem pole in front of a door. A seated human figure is visible. See items a034476 - a034482 for other views of this pole.
A totem pole standing at UBC. This totem pole was originally carved by Charlie James and was lated restored by Mungo Martin. It stood in Totem Park at UBC until it was moved into the Great Hall at the Museum of Anthropology.
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.