Mungo Martin working on a totem pole
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- 1950
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Mungo Martin working on a totem pole.
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Mungo Martin working on a totem pole
Part of MOA General Media collection
Mungo Martin working on a totem pole.
Mungo Martin and Charles Docherty working on a totem pole
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Mungo Martin and Charles Docherty working on a totem pole. Charles Docherty, a carpenter, was hired as his assistant.
Mungo Martin adzing a totem pole
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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.
21 June 1958 Alert Bay Centennial Celebrations
Part of Diane Elizabeth Barwick fonds
Item is a photograph of a procession of people (men, women, children) in ceremonial dress (button blankets, headdresses) walking away from the ferry terminal dock [?] in Alert Bay. The procession is led by Mungo Martin and Daisy Neel. A man dressed in regular clothes, smoking a pipe looks on from the left.
21 June 1958 Alert Bay Centennial Celebrations
Part of Diane Elizabeth Barwick fonds
Item is a photograph of a procession of people walking down a road in Alert Bay in ceremonial dress (button blankets, headdresses) and regular clothes. Mungo Martin and Daisy Neel lead the group in the front row.
Part of MOA General Media collection
An early photograph of the Museum of Anthropology. Two totem poles are visible on the museum grounds.
Northwest coast brushes and bowls
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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.
Image of a sewn corner of a bentwood box
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Image of a sewn corner of a bentwood box. This image may have been from an exhibit at the old Museum of Anthropology dealing with Northwest coast technology.
A totem pole hangs from a crane
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A totem pole hangs from a crane as it is being moved form its original position to Totem Park to its new home in the new Museum of Anthropology building. This pole was originally carved by Charlie James and later restored by Mungo Martin before being placed in Totem Park.
A totem pole standing in Totem Park
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A totem pole standing in Totem Park before being moved to the new Museum of Anthropology building. This pole was carved by Mungo Martin and later restored by him at the University of British Columbia in 1950-51. It stood in Totem Park until it was moved to the new Museum of Anthropology building in 1975.
Scaffolding surrounds a totem pole
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Scaffolding surrounds a totem pole standing in Totem Park in preparation for moving it to the new Museum of Anthropology building. This pole was carved by Mungo Martin and later restored by him at the University of British Columbia in 1950-51. It stood in Totem Park until it was moved to the new Museum of Anthropology building in 1975.
Staff wrapping a totem pole in padding
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Workers stand on a scaffold to wrap a totem pole in padding to prepare it for being moved from its position in Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building. This totem pole was originally carved by Charlie James and later restored by Mungo Martin.
A totem pole being prepared to be lifted
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Workers gather around as a totem pole is about to be lifted from its position as part of its being moved from its position in Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building. This totem pole was originally carved by Charlie James and later restored by Mungo Martin.
A totem pole being prepared to be lifted
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A workers climbs down from a scaffolding from which he was preparing a totem pole for being moved from its position in Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building. This totem pole was originally carved by Charlie James and later restored by Mungo Martin.
Staff wrapping a totem pole in padding
Part of MOA General Media collection
Workers stand on a scaffold to wrap a totem pole in padding to prepare it for being moved from its position in Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building. This totem pole was originally carved by Charlie James and later restored by Mungo Martin.
A totem pole being lifted by a crane
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A totem pole being lifted by a crane to move it from its position in Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building. This totem pole was originally carved by Charlie James and later restored by Mungo Martin.
A totem pole being lifted by a crane
Part of MOA General Media collection
A totem pole being lifted by a crane to move it from its position in Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building. This totem pole was originally carved by Charlie James and later restored by Mungo Martin.
A totem pole being lifted by a crane
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A totem pole being lifted by a crane to move it from its position in Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building. This totem pole was originally carved by Charlie James and later restored by Mungo Martin.
Supports being affixed to a totem pole
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Workers affixing supports to a totem pole in Totem Park in advance of it being moved from Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building.
This pole was carved by George Hunt Sr. The pole is now part of the museum's collection. This pole was originally carved 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 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.
A totem pole being positioned in the Museum of Anthropology
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A totem pole being positioned in the Museum of Anthropology while it is in the process of being moved from Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building. This pole was carved by Mungo Martin and later restored by him at the University of British Columbia in 1950-51. It stood in Totem Park until it was moved to the new Museum of Anthropology building in 1975.