Ninstints,1957, figure on totem pole
- 51-01-35-a039814
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- 1957
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
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Ninstints,1957, figure on totem pole
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Ninstints 1957 [shoreline seen from forest]
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Ninstints 1957 [view from forest]
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Massive Carving Gallery, Montreal
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of carvings, likely on display at the Man and His World exhibition at the site of the Expo 67 in Montreal.
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of flags at the Expo 67 site in Montreal.
Eskimo Art - Binqitte Rammon folk
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Bear, wolf and frog totem pole, Anthony Island
Part of 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."
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Part of 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."
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Totem pole in forest, Anthony Island
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Fishery Bay on Nass [River], oolichan fishery
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of a eulachon fishery in Fishery Bay, seen from the Nass RIver. The fishery is along the shore, with mountains in the background.
May 25, 1948, Somass River - Sports Day
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of a crowd gathered on the shore and in boats on the Somass River, Vancouver Island, for sports day.