- 25-02-02-a037552
- Item
- August 1967
Parte de Anthony Carter fonds
Image of valley and mountain peaks seen from the water.
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Parte de Anthony Carter fonds
Image of valley and mountain peaks seen from the water.
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Parte de Anthony Carter fonds
Image of water with mountains and islands, taken from a rocky beach.
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Parte de Anthony Carter fonds
Image if a rocky area with either litter or remnants or a picnic. A man is standing in the foreground, and the arm and leg of another person is visible in the background.
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Parte de Anthony Carter fonds
Image a person seated on the ground sawing what appears to be a piece of slate.
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House post, Sgang Gwaay, Haida Gwaii
Parte de Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a pole from House 17 at Sgang Gwaay (Skunggwai). This is an interior pole from the Raven House. It was removed on a BC Totem Pole Preservation Committee trip in 1957. The pole is now part of the Museum of Anthropology's object collection (A50016).
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Parte de Anthony Carter fonds
Image from a pole raising in Haida Gwaii. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson. In this image, the pole is in the process of being raised.
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Parte de Anthony Carter fonds
Image of Haida carvings on display at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.
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Parte de Anthony Carter fonds
Image of Haida carvings on display at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.
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Parte de Robert Reford fonds
Item is an image of several buildings and totem posts. According to annotations, photograph was taken in G?aw (also known as Old Massett) in the Haida Gwaii archipielago.
Deserted village - Q. C. Islands
Abandoned village on Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) with houses and many totem poles
Photograph of a copper sculpture of a man
Charles Edenshaw in prov. museum
Parte de Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds
Image is portrait of Charles Edenshaw leaning on frontal house post in Skidegate, Haida Gwaii, B. C. Inscribed on the image is "Indian Totem Poles at Skidegate Q. C. I." Handwritten inscription below the image reads "R. Maynard, Artist". Handwritten inscription on the verso reads "Charles Edenshaw in prov. museum." Printed on the verso Is the photographer information in the inscription "R. MAYNARD, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST and Dealer in All Kinds of Photographic Materials. Stereoscopic and Large Views of British Columbia and Vancouver Island for Sale. Cor. Douglas & Johnson Streets, Victoria, B. C."
Haida mortuary poles at SGang Gwaay Llanagaay
Parte de MOA General Media collection
Series of Haida Mortuary poles from SGang Gwaay photographed by Charles F. Newcombe in 1901. The third pole from the left was taken down in 1957 and held at the University of British Columbia and the Museum of Anthropology. In 2009 it was taken down from the Great Hall in the Museum of Anthropology and placed into massive carving storage in preparation for repatriation to the Haida nation.
Bear, wolf and frog totem pole, Anthony Island
Parte de Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of a totem pole on Anthony Island, Haida Gwaii. This appears to be a pole now housed at the Museum of Anthropology (museum item #A50018). This museum item is described as follows: "Base section of a wooden pole, crescent-shaped in cross section and carved in shallow and deep relief. From the top down: a large seated bear with a small wolf between and in its ears and a downward facing frog emerging from the bear’s mouth. In between its arms and legs is a downward facing wolf... Stood outside at the center of the Mountain House, which belonged to the lineage of 'Those Born in the Southern Part of the Islands' of the Eagle Moiety of the Kunghit Haida. Stood near the centre of the village facing the beach along a small bay on the east side of Anthony Island. Island and village also called Skunggwai, or Red Cod Island."
Parte de Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Parte de Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of a house post on Anthony Island, Haida Gwaii. This appears to be a post now housed at the Museum of Anthropology (museum item #A50016). This museum item is described as follows: "Totem, crescent shaped in cross section, carved in shallow and deep relief. From top to bottom: human with hands at right angles and fingertips touching. The arms are folded with the elbows resting on squared ears of figure below. Enclosed within this frame is a small human/hawk face with beak, surmounting the head, shoulders, and forepaws of an emerging bear cub. At the base is a bear from whose ears frogs look downward. The bear has curled nostrils; upturned mouth, raised forearms with five fingers folded over each palm, small human face between forearms... Stood at centre of back wall inside house called 'Raven House', belonging to the lineage of the'Sand Town People' of Raven moiety of Kunghit Haida. MacDonald lists it as house number 17... Pole standing when collected...Figures are crests belonging to the lineage of the owners of the house, the 'Sand Town People' of the Raven moiety. They may also refer to the Bear Mother myth."
Parte de Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Parte de Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Totem pole in forest, Anthony Island
Parte de Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
New pole in Old Massett, Robt. Davidson, Massett, Aug. 69
Parte de Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of a totem pole in Massett, Haida Gwaii. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, and is seen just after it was raised. A crowd is still gathered for the pole raising ceremony.