Men preparing to lower the grizzly bear pole at T'aanuu Llnagaay. The pole was removed by the B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee and cut into four sections. It has since been displayed at UBC and at the Museum of Anthropology in these four sections.
This large group portrait includes men, women and children in both native and western dress. A priest stands on the far right of the image copy; structures and a totem pole stand in the distance.
Image of a totem pole by Gilford Island carver Sam Johnson. The pole depicts the Eagle and "Tzonqua." A picture of Johnson with this pole is printed on page 54 of Carter's book From History's Locker.
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.
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.
Photograph of two house posts being carved in a carving shed in Alert Bay, BC. Henry Speck smiles in foreground and two other carvers can be seen behind him.
Photograph of two house posts being carved in a carving shed in Alert Bay, BC. Four people, including Henry Speck, can be seen working on the poles. A child is watching.
Image of two old house posts on Hope Island, BC. The post on the right appears to be the same as a post now housed at the Museum of Anthropology, that was collected from Hope Island in 1956. Both posts feature a human figure with large eyes. On one post, the figure is holding a small face near its waist. On the other post, the figure is holding what appears to be an animal of some kind. The Museum of Anthropology's website provides the following description of the posts: "The posts of the unfinished house of Ha'm'cit were carved by a man from Smith Inlet called Si.wit who moved to Xu'mtaspi and married Tom Omhyid's mother. Ha'm'cit died before the house was finished. (Information provided to Prof. Wilson Duff by Mungo Martin). The artist's potlatch name was P'aczsmaxw. Wayne Suttles places the Xu'mtaspi village as Nahwitti, in historic times, however it was occupied jointly by the Nahwitti, the Yalhinuxw, and the Noqemqilisala (of Hanson Lagoon)."
Item is a photograph taken from the water of the hospital, community hall, and other buildings in Alert Bay along the shoreline with the forest in the background. Totem poles are scattered along the shoreline.
House frontal totem pole being lowered on Tanu Island in 1954. This pole was cut into four sections and is displayed in these sections at the Museum of Anthropology.
House frontal totem pole in situ at Oweekeno. This pole was removed by the B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee and now stands in the Great Hall at the Museum of Anthropology.
House frontal totem pole in situ at Oweekeno. This pole was removed by the B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee and now stands in the Great Hall at the Museum of Anthropology.
