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Doug Cranmer guiding a pole into place on the Haida House roof.

Image of mortuary pole carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer. The pole is part of MOA's collection.

Image of a house frontal pole. The pole was carved at the University of British Columbia for display in Totem Park, where it is located in this image. It was moved to the new Museum of Anthropology grounds in 1978. Bill Reid based the design of the pole on older poles from Ninstints.

Image of a pole carved as the frontal pole for the front of the Haida house, at UBC, 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. A new pole was raised outside to replace it (see MOA object Nb1.752). Jim Hart, with Reg Davidson, Michael Nicoll and Tyler Crosby, performed a small informal ceremony for the re-raising of the pole on Oct. 30, 2002 (with Martine Reid in attendance). Pole was then re-raised in the Great Hall of the Museum on Oct. 31, 2002.

Image of memorial pole when it stood at UBC's Totem Park. The pole is now part of MOA's collection.

The pole was carved at UBC for display in Totem Park. Moved to the new Museum of Anthropology grounds in 1978. This pole is based on the beaver pole standing at the north end of Skidegate. The raven figure was removed from the top of the pole in Sept. 2005 due to its poor condition and safety concerns .

Image shows the Haida and mortuary houses while they were being reassembled during relocation from Totem Park.

A photograph of the museum grounds facing the future site of the Haida house and Mortuary house. An unidentified man stands in the foreground.

Image shows the mortuary house while it was being reassembled.

Haida house, a house frontal totem pole, a mortuary pole, and the Wasgo sculpture, standing in Totem Park.

Double mortuary pole carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer standing in totem park at UBC.

Section of the mortuary totem pole carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer for the Haida House complex at Totem Park.

Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer carving the dogfish panel for the double mortuary pole to be placed near the Haida House in Totem Park.

Image of a pole carved as the frontal pole for the front of the Haida house, at UBC, 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. A new pole was raised outside to replace it (see MOA object Nb1.752). Jim Hart, with Reg Davidson, Michael Nicoll and Tyler Crosby, performed a small informal ceremony for the re-raising of the pole on Oct. 30, 2002 (with Martine Reid in attendance). Pole was then re-raised in the Great Hall of the Museum on Oct. 31, 2002

Image of a pole carved as the frontal pole for the front of the Haida house, at UBC, 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. A new pole was raised outside to replace it (see MOA object Nb1.752). Jim Hart, with Reg Davidson, Michael Nicoll and Tyler Crosby, performed a small informal ceremony for the re-raising of the pole on Oct. 30, 2002 (with Martine Reid in attendance). Pole was then re-raised in the Great Hall of the Museum on Oct. 31, 2002.

Image of a house frontal pole. The pole was carved at the University of British Columbia for display in Totem Park, where it is located in this image. It was moved to the new Museum of Anthropology grounds in 1978. Bill Reid based the design of the pole on older poles from Ninstints.

Image of mortuary pole carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer. The pole is part of MOA's collection.

Slide of a photograph taken in the spring of 1962 or 1963 of Bill Reid as he was working on a carving at Totem Park, UBC.

Bill Reid stands near the interior house post of the Haida House. The date of this photograph is uncertain but may have been taken around 1960 when the structure was originally being built. The post in the photograph was carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer.

The Haida House and Mortuary House with accompanying totem poles in what appear to be their original positions before being moved in to the grounds of the new Museum of Anthropology.

Totem poles on display in the Museum of Anthropology's Great Hall. Children play on the Wasgo sculpture. The totem poles were transferred to the University of British Columbia from Ninstints in 1957.