World's tallest totem pole, carved by Mungo Martin, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, B.C.
- 134-a040085c
- Stuk
- 9 Aug. 1972
Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds
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World's tallest totem pole, carved by Mungo Martin, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, B.C.
Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds
Ben Williams Leeson collection
The fonds consists of 66 photographic prints, some of which are hand-coloured, stamped “B.W. Leeson Quatsino, B.C.”, labelled on the front or back with explanatory information, or signed in ink. One print of a longhouse is stamped “The Leeson Collection Copyright 1914.” The photographic subject matter relates to British Columbia’s Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations and the British Columbia landscape. Also included is a copy of Portraits of the Indians of Quatsino by Benjamin W. Leeson (Kit #20) by Susan Roper, produced by the Research Project on Early B.C. Photography at the Vancouver Public Library around 1972, and 23 duplicate slides which accompany it.
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Top of tallest pole, carved by Mungo Martin, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, B.C.
Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds
Kwakiutl (carved by Mungo Martin), Alert Bay sea lion pole #2, Totem Park - UBC, Vancouver
Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds
Originally carved by Mungo Martin in 1902 (Alert Bay). Refurbished by Mungo Martin in 1949. Erected in UBC Totem Park and moved to MOA Great Hall c. 1976.
Bear totem carved by Henry Hunt, Kelsey Bay, B.C.
Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
File consists of images of Alert Bay, a village located on Comorant Island, off of the northeast coast of Vancouver Island, BC. Subjects include a memorial and memorial pole raising for Kwakiutl Chief Mungo Martin, scenery from the area, a cemetery, totem poles, and Chief Johnson of Fort Rupert BC.
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Kwakiutl, top of eagle crest pole, Totem Park, UBC, Vancouver
Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds
One of a pair purchased in 1947 from collectors Marius Barbeau and Arthur Price. Collected from Alert Bay. The piece was repainted and repaired (including the replacement of the wings) by Ellen Neel (1949) and by Mungo Martin (1950-51).
Kwakiutl, raven totem pole #3, Totem Park, UBC, Vancouver
Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds
Carved by Charlie James c. 1900 (Fort Rupert). Collected by Marius Barbeau and Arthur Price. The pole was re-adzed and re-painted by Kwakwaka'wakw carver Mungo Martin before shipping in 1947. Repainted and repaired by Ellen Neel (1949) and by Mungo Martin (1950-51). It stood at Totem Pole Park, UBC Campus until it was re-located to the Museum's Great Hall c. 1976.
Kwakiutl potlatch for Tony Hunt
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
File consists of images from a Kwakiutl potlatch for artists Tony Hunt, in Alert Bay, BC.
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Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of an indoor gathering in Alert Bay, a memorial for the Kwakiutl Chief Mungo Martin.
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Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of an indoor gathering in Alert Bay, a memorial for the Kwakiutl Chief Mungo Martin.
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Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of an indoor gathering in Alert Bay, a memorial for the Kwakiutl Chief Mungo Martin.
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Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of the memorial held for the Kwakiutl Chief Mungo Martin. A similar image of the same scene is printed on page 29 of Carter's book "From History's Locker," with the caption: "Under the direction of Chief William Scow the assembled chiefs of the Kwakiutl Nation come forward to make speeches in honor of the late Chief Mungo Martin."
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Chief Mungo Martin memorial, pole raising
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of the raising of a totem pole made in memory of the Kwakiutl Chief Mungo Martin. The pole was placed at his grave.
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Chief Mungo Martin memorial, pole raising
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of the raising of a totem pole made in memory of the Kwakiutl Chief Mungo Martin. The pole was placed at his grave.
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Chief Mungo Martin memorial, pole raising
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of the raising of a totem pole made in memory of the Kwakiutl Chief Mungo Martin. The pole was placed at his grave.
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Chief Mungo Martin memorial, pole raising
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of the top of a totem pole made in memory of the Kwakiutl Chief Mungo Martin. The pole was placed at his grave.
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Chief Mungo Martin memorial, pole raising
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of the raising of a totem pole made in memory of the Kwakiutl Chief Mungo Martin. The pole was placed at his grave. In this image, the pole has just been positioned into the hole where it will stand. Only the bottom o the pole is visible.
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Chief Mungo Martin memorial, pole raising
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of the raising of a totem pole made in memory of the Kwakiutl Chief Mungo Martin. The pole was placed at his grave.
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Chief Mungo Martin memorial, pole raising
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of the raising of a totem pole made in memory of the Kwakiutl Chief Mungo Martin. The pole was placed at his grave.
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