Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

92-2-a034579
Item
[ca. 1965 - 1970]

Image depicts a whale mask, painted in black, white and red. Photograph has been taken inside next to a door or window. Mask may have been found in Quatsino, on the northern portion of Vancouver Island.

Old pole, artist unknown

92-1-a034476
Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a small-scale totem pole in front of a door. The pole depicts several figures, some human and some seated. See also items a034476 - a034482 for other depictions of this pole.

Old longhouse poles, featuring Huxwhukw

51-01-28-a039455
Item
1955 or 1956

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Old house posts, Hope Island

51-01-28-a039452
Item
1955 or 1956

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Image of two old house posts on Hope Island, BC. The post on the right appears to be the same as a post now housed at the Museum of Anthropology, that was collected from Hope Island in 1956. Both posts feature a human figure with large eyes. On one post, the figure is holding a small face near its waist. On the other post, the figure is holding what appears to be an animal of some kind. The Museum of Anthropology's website provides the following description of the posts: "The posts of the unfinished house of Ha'm'cit were carved by a man from Smith Inlet called Si.wit who moved to Xu'mtaspi and married Tom Omhyid's mother. Ha'm'cit died before the house was finished. (Information provided to Prof. Wilson Duff by Mungo Martin). The artist's potlatch name was P'aczsmaxw. Wayne Suttles places the Xu'mtaspi village as Nahwitti, in historic times, however it was occupied jointly by the Nahwitti, the Yalhinuxw, and the Noqemqilisala (of Hanson Lagoon)."

Old house and house posts, Mamalilikulla, Village Island

25-03-17-a038240
Item
July 1973

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of an old, but still standing, house, and two old carved house posts, now lying in the grass, at the Mamalilikulla, Village Island

Anthony Carter

Old carved house posts, Mamalilikulla, Village Island

25-03-17-a038241
Item
July 1973

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of two carved house posts at the Mamalilikulla village, Village Island. The posts are now lying in the grass.

Anthony Carter

Old carved house posts, Mamalilikulla, Village Island

25-03-17-a038242
Item
July 1973

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of carved house posts at the Mamalilikulla village, Village Island. Tone post is still partially standing. The others are lying in the grass.

Anthony Carter

Old carved house posts, Mamalilikulla, Village Island

25-03-17-a038244
Item
1973

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of two carved house posts at the Mamalilikulla village, Village Island. The posts are now lying in the grass.

Anthony Carter

Old carved house post or totem pole, Mamalilikulla, Village Island

25-03-17-a038245
Item
1973

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of an old carved house post or totem pole at the Mamalilikulla village, Village Island. The post is still standing, but leaning sharply to the side.

Anthony Carter

Northwest coast brushes and bowls

132-1-C-C-a041653
Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Brushes and bowls made by Mungo Martin. This photograph may be from an exhibit at the old Museum of Anthropology dealing with Northwest coast technology.

Nootka Canoe drawings and Godfrey Hunt

92-1-a034627
Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts carver Godfrey Hunt with drawings made for the Nootka canoe project for the Royal Museum of British Columbia in Victoria, B.C.

Nawalakwaeiy in 1994

138-03-02-01
Item
1994

Part of Paddling to Where I Stand collection

Image of the entrance to a cave with two people standing past the entrance.
Handwritten annotation on back "This is when I went to see the Cave, the Nawalakwaeiy in 1994."
Item was originally numbered by creator with number 107.

Daisy May Sewid-Smith

Museum staff discuss moving a totem pole

132-1-C-A-a040626
Item
1975

Part of MOA General Media collection

A group of Museum of Anthropology staff discuss moving the Charlie James totem pole in Totem Park.

Mungo Martin working on a totem pole

132-1-C-A-a040263
Item
1951

Part of MOA General Media collection

Photograph of Mungo Martin working on a totem pole. This pole was originally carved by Charlie James and was later restored by Mungo Martin. It stood in Totem Park at UBC until it was moved to the Great Hall of the Museum of Anthropology.

Mungo Martin working on a totem pole

132-1-C-A-a040269
Item
1950

Part of MOA General Media collection

Mungo Martin works on the restoration of a totem pole.

Mungo Martin working on a totem pole

132-1-C-A-a040272
Item
1950

Part of MOA General Media collection

Mungo Martin restoring a totem pole originally carved by Charlie James. The pole later stood in Totem Park at UBC before being moved to the Great Hall of the Museum of Anthropology.