Ceremony for the Mungo Martin memorial pole rasing
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- 1970
Part of MOA General Media collection
Elders perform the ceremony for the raising of the Mungo Martin memorial pole in Alert Bay.
Ceremony for the Mungo Martin memorial pole rasing
Part of MOA General Media collection
Elders perform the ceremony for the raising of the Mungo Martin memorial pole in Alert Bay.
Ceremony for the Mungo Martin memorial pole rasing
Part of MOA General Media collection
Elders perform the ceremony for the raising of the Mungo Martin memorial pole in Alert Bay.
Ceremony for the Mungo Martin memorial pole rasing
Part of MOA General Media collection
Elders perform the ceremony for the raising of the Mungo Martin memorial pole in Alert Bay.
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of totem pole carved by Charles James.
The pole was re-adzed and re-painted by Kwakwaka'wakw carver Mungo Martin before shipping to UBC in 1947. Repainted and repaired by Ellen Neel (1949) and by Mungo Martin (1950-51). It stood at Totem Pole Park, UBC Campus until it was re-located to the Museum's Great Hall ca. 1976.
Anthony Carter
Charlie James totem pole being liften by a crane
Part of MOA General Media collection
The Charlie James totem pole being moved from Totem Park as part of its relocation to the new Museum of Anthropology building.
Charlie James totem pole being moved
Part of MOA General Media collection
The Charlie James totem pole being moved from Totem Park as part of its relocation to the new Museum of Anthropology building.
Charlie James totem pole being moved
Part of MOA General Media collection
The Charlie James totem pole being moved from Totem Park as part of its relocation to the new Museum of Anthropology building.
Charlie James' totem pole restored
Part of MOA General Media collection
Charlie James' totem pole after restoration work by Mungo Martin. It is likely standing in Totem Park at UBC in this photograph. It was later moved to the Great Hall in the Museum of Anthropology.
Chief Billy Assu in a Chilkat Robe
Part of MOA General Media collection
Chief Billy Assu of Cape Mudge wearing a Chilkat Robe and frontlet.
Chief Billy Assu in a Chilkat Robe
Part of MOA General Media collection
Chief Billy Assu of Cape Mudge wearing a Chilkat Robe and frontlet.
Chief Councillor, Jam. Sewid and Tom Ohmeid, Fort Rupert
Photograph of Chief James Sewid (Kwakwaka'wakw), in ceremonial dress and holding a carved and painted staff, and Tom Ohmeid(?) of Fort Rupert.
Mildred Laurie
Chief Johnson (90 yrs), Port Hardy BC, Kwakiutl
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of Chief Johnson of Fort Rupert BC with an unidentified woman. A portrait of Johnson from what appears to be the same photoshoot is printed on page 36 of Carter's book "From History' locker," with the caption: "? He is the Head Chief over all Kwakiutl Nation, his Indian name is 'Kla-Kwa-Gila' which means, 'Place where they make coppers." At 97 years he is a fine looking man."
Anthony Carter
Chief Johnson (90 yrs), Port Hardy BC, Kwakiutl
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of Chief Johnson of Fort Rupert, BC. A similar image of him is printed on page 36 of Carter's book "From History' locker," with the caption: "? He is the Head Chief over all Kwakiutl Nation, his Indian name is 'Kla-Kwa-Gila' which means, 'Place where they make coppers." At 97 years he is a fine looking man."
Anthony Carter
Chief Johnson, Fort Rupert, Alert Bay
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of Chief Johnson of Fort Rupert, BC. A similar image of him is printed on page 36 of Carter's book "From History's Locker," with the caption: "He is the Head Chief over all Kwakiutl Nation, his Indian name is 'Kla-Kwa-Gila' which means, 'Place where they make coppers." At 97 years he is a fine looking man."
Anthony Carter
Chief Johnson, Fort Rupert, Alert Bay
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of Chief Johnson of Fort Rupert BC with a group of three men and one woman (all unidentified). A portrait of Johnson from what appears to be the same photoshoot is printed on page 36 of Carter's book From History's Locker, with the caption: "He is the Head Chief over all Kwakiutl Nation, his Indian name is 'Kla-Kwa-Gila' which means, 'Place where they make coppers." At 97 years he is a fine looking man."
Anthony Carter
Chief Johnson, Fort Rupert, Alert Bay
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of an unidentified woman, with Chief Johnson of Fort Rupert seated behind her.
Anthony Carter
Chief Johnson, Fort Rupert, Alert Bay
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of Chief Johnson of Fort Rupert, BC. A similar image of him is printed on page 36 of Carter's book From History's Locker, with the caption: "He is the Head Chief over all Kwakiutl Nation, his Indian name is 'Kla-Kwa-Gila' which means, 'Place where they make coppers." At 97 years he is a fine looking man."
Anthony Carter
Chief Johnson, Fort Rupert, Alert Bay
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of Chief Johnson of Fort Rupert BC with a group of three men and one woman (all unidentified). A portrait of Johnson from what appears to be the same photoshoot is printed on page 36 of Carter's book From History's Locker, with the caption: "He is the Head Chief over all Kwakiutl Nation, his Indian name is 'Kla-Kwa-Gila' which means, 'Place where they make coppers." At 97 years he is a fine looking man."
Anthony Carter
Chief Johnson, Fort Rupert, Alert Bay
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of Chief Johnson of Fort Rupert BC with an unidentified woman. A portrait of Johnson from what appears to be the same photoshoot is printed on page 36 of Carter's book From History's Locker, with the caption: "He is the Head Chief over all Kwakiutl Nation, his Indian name is 'Kla-Kwa-Gila' which means, 'Place where they make coppers." At 97 years he is a fine looking man."
Anthony Carter
Chief Johnson, Fort Rupert, Alert Bay
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of Chief Johnson of Fort Rupert, BC. A similar image of him is printed on page 36 of Carter's book From History's Locker, with the caption: "He is the Head Chief over all Kwakiutl Nation, his Indian name is 'Kla-Kwa-Gila' which means, 'Place where they make coppers." At 97 years he is a fine looking man."
Anthony Carter