Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Totem poles - Alert Bay, BC

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Labelled: "Totem Poles Alert Bay B.C." View over wire fence. One pole at centre, mid-ground dominating

Totem pole - [Thunderbird on Dzunukwa]

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Labelled: "Indian Totem. Alert Bay B.C." Single pole at centre foreground. Bottom figure's arms are outstretched. Actual title: "Thunderbird on Dzunukwa." Top figure is Thunderbird and figure below is Dzunukwa. Pole was carved by Willie & Joe Seaweed in Blunden Harbour in 1931.

Totem pole

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Pole in foreground. Building and boardwalk in background

Totem poles

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Winged figure totem pole in foreground near burial site

Totem pole

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Labelled: "Totem Poles." Close-up of figure's head facing proper right

Totem pole - Alert Bay, BC

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Labelled: "Alert Bay B.C.," followed by copyright symbol. Single pole at centre foreground. Fence and forest in background

Totem pole

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Single pole centre as part of a decorated fence. Top figure is a sun.

Totem poles - Alert Bay, BC

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Road in immediate foreground. Burial site with totem poles beyond wire fence

Totem pole

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

View over wire fence into cemetery. 3 totem poles in view: one mid-ground centre; two in background

Totem pole

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Pole mid-ground centre. Lower figure has arms outstretched.

Totem poles at cemetery

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a photograph of totem poles in the cemetery. Item is inscribed, "INDIAN CEMETARY (sic). ALERT BAY B.C."

Totem poles at cemetery

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Item
[1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]

Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a photograph of totem poles in the cemetery. The harbour and adjacent buildings also appear. Item is inscribed, "INDIAN CEMETERY. ALERT BAY. B.C."