Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

(Replica) Tsimshian memorial pole #13, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, BC

134-a040082c
Item
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

(Replica) Tsimshian memorial poles #9, 10, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.

134-a040081
Item
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

(Replica)?, Haida memorial pole #4, 6, Totem Park, UBC, Vancouver

134-a040106c
Item
7 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Double mortuary pole by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer (1960-61). Moved from Totem Park to MOA in 1978.

(Replica)?, Haida sea wolf #2, Totem Park - UBC, Vancouver

134-a040105c
Item
7 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

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

134-a040107c
Item
7 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

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.

Residential School, Alert Bay, B.C.

41-1-a060278c
Item
[ca.1947-1950]

Part of Diane Elizabeth Barwick fonds

Item is a photograph of the entrance to St. Michael's Indian Residential School in Alert Bay, which was founded in 1929 by the Anglican Church of Canada. Two painted totem poles are visible in front of the school, with thunderbird, [grizzly bear?], and copper forms.

River's Inlet (U'bis), Walkus Pole, May 55

51-01-28-a039412
Item
May 1955

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Rivers Inlet, ubis village site

25-03-13-a038187
Item
[1973?]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of part of a totem pole from ubis village site (?), on the coast of British Columbia.

Anthony Carter

Robert Davidson (?) at Massett 1969

51-01-33-a035233
Item
1969

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Image of a man (likely Robert Davidson) next to a totem pole in Massett, Haida Gwaii.

Robert Davidson, Jr. pole raising ceremony

25-02-09
File
August 22, 1969

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

File consists of images from a pole raising ceremony in Masset, on Queen Charlotte Island, Haida Gwaii. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. Images show the crowd, speakers (including Davidson), the process of raising the pole, and nearby scenery.

Anthony Carter

Row of totem poles

81-04-a033264
Item
[ca. 1960 - 1990]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

View of several totem poles in Nimpkish Band Cemetery. Totem on the far right of image is a memorial to Billie Moon, carved by Willie Seaweed and Joe Seaweed in 1931. The pole second from the right, carved by Doug Crammer, Richard Hunt, Bruce Alfred, Donna Ambers, Fish Ambers, and Richer Sumner, is a memorial to Dan Crammer.

Salish

1-4-C-13 (67.1-5)
File
[199-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains a combination of historical photographs depicting village life of the Coast Salish people, and modern day photographs of Salish artifacts housed in various museums around the world. The historical photographs contain images of Coast Salish peoples, totem poles, house posts, canoes, and petroglyphs. The modern day photographs contain images of Coast Salish artifacts such as blankets, spindle whorls, masks, carvings, house posts and totem poles, and household items such as combs and bowls. The textual records contained in this file are photocopies of images of Coast Salish artifacts housed in various museums around the world.

Sam Johnson, carver, with one of his totem poles, Gwayasdums

25-03-13-a038212
Item
[1973]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a totem pole and its carver, Sam Johnson of Gilford Island. The pole depicts the Eagle and "Tzonqua."

Anthony Carter

School group at the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-E-a043072
Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

School group in the foyer at the Museum of Anthropology.

School group at the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-E-a043073
Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

School group in the foyer at the Museum of Anthropology.

School group at the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-E-a043053
Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

School group at the Museum of Anthropology.

School group at the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-E-a043078
Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

School group at the Museum of Anthropology.

Series of totem poles

94-a034824
Item
1948

Part of Stanley E. Read fonds

Image depicts several totem poles erected in an open field in front of several wooden structures, possibly houses. Read's notes indicate that these poles are the Wawsemlarhae poles at Kispiox Village in the Skeena Valley.

Skedans Grizzly Bear Pole

132-1-C-E-a042802
Item
1954

Part of MOA General Media collection

Grizzly Bear house frontal totem pole being worked on by members of the B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee. This pole was removed from Skedans and is now housed at the Museum of Anthropology.

Skedans Mortuary Pole

86-02-a039721
Item
[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

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