(Replica)?, Haida sea wolf #2, Totem Park - UBC, Vancouver
Parte deE. 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
Parte deE. 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.
Parte deDiane 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
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Rivers Inlet, ubis village site
Parte deAnthony Carter fonds
Image of part of a totem pole from ubis village site (?), on the coast of British Columbia.
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Robert Davidson (?) at Massett 1969
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of a man (likely Robert Davidson) next to a totem pole in Massett, Haida Gwaii.
Sam Johnson, carver, with one of his totem poles, Gwayasdums
Parte deAnthony Carter fonds
Image of a totem pole and its carver, Sam Johnson of Gilford Island. The pole depicts the Eagle and "Tzonqua."
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School group at the Museum of Anthropology
Parte deMOA General Media collection
School group in the foyer at the Museum of Anthropology.
School group at the Museum of Anthropology
Parte deMOA General Media collection
School group in the foyer at the Museum of Anthropology.
School group at the Museum of Anthropology
Parte deMOA General Media collection
School group at the Museum of Anthropology.
School group at the Museum of Anthropology
Parte deMOA General Media collection
School group at the Museum of Anthropology.
Parte deStanley 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.
Parte deMOA 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.
Parte deWilliam Carr fonds
Image of the original Skedans Mortuary Pole in Stanley Park. Pole carved in Skidegate in Haida Gwaii in the 1870's.
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Parte deStanley E. Read fonds
Image depicts a totem pole from Gitsegyukla (Skeena Crossing). Read`s notes call this the Pole of Mawlarhen. Depictions of frogs and an owl are visible. See also item a03426 for another view of this pole.
Skidegate totem pole on residential street
Parte deAnthony Carter fonds
Image of a shorter totem pole located on a sidewalk on what appears to be a residential street.
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Skidegate totem pole on residential street
Parte deAnthony Carter fonds
Image of a shorter totem pole located on a sidewalk on what appears to be a residential street.
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Three large totem poles with a building and forest in the background
St. Michael's Indian Residential School, Alert Bay
Photograph of St. Michael's Indian Residential School, which stood in Alert Bay, BC until its demolition in 2015. This image shows the exterior and two thunderbird poles that stood at the entrance.
St. Michael's Indian Residential School, Alert Bay
Parte deAnthony Carter fonds
Image of a St. Michael's Indian Residential School in Alert Bay. A similar image is printed on page 35 of Carter's book "From History's Locker," with the caption: "Two fine old carved columns stand guard in front of the school."
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