Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Ehattesaht Van Isle

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Item
August 1972

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Close-up image of some plants and an old piece of wood.

Anthony Carter

Ehattesaht Van Isle

25-03-11-a038138
Item
August 1972

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image looking across the Nootka Sound, with small islands and mountains in the background.

Anthony Carter

Mrs. Wilson ([Nuu-chah-nulth] basket weaver), Gold River

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Item
August 1972

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Close-up image of Mrs. Wilson weaving a basket. A similar image is printed on page 112 of Carter's book "From History's Locker."

Anthony Carter

(Replica) Kwakiutl housepost #5, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.

134-a040083c
Item
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Tallest totem pole, carved by Mungo Martin, Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, B.C.

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Item
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

(Replica) Haida thunderbird and whale #16, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.

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Item
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Totem Park, UBC, Vancouver, Kwakiutl (#2 + 5 carved by Mungo Martin), Alert Bay sea lion pole #2, new Mungo Martin pole #5, frontal pole #6, eagle crest pole #7

134-a040100c
Item
7 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

This pole was on display at UBC in Totem Park in the 1960’s and 1970’s and moved to the Museum in the late 1970’s. It was carved in 1914 in Tsaxis (Fort Rupert) by George Hunt Sr. for the Edward S. Curtis film "In the Land of the War Canoes" which was originally titled "In the Land of the Head Hunters". The pole was collected by Marius Barbeau and Arthur Price in 1947. The pole was repaired and re-painted by carvers Ellen Neel in 1949 and Mungo Martin in 1950-51. It stood at Totem Park, UBC Campus until it was re-located to the Museum's Great Hall in 1976.

Iconography: Kolus is a young thunderbird. Thunderbird is a supernatural bird identifiable by the presence of ear-like projections or horns on the head, and a re-curved beak. The pole alludes to the story of Tongas people in south Alaska, who migrated south.

Kwakiutl, new Mungo Martin pole #1, Totem Park, UBC, Vancouver

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Item
7 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Carved by Mungo Martin 1951. Erected in UBC Totem Park. Moved to MOA in 1970’s but not erected in Great Hall until 2012 after repairs.

Kwakiutl house frame #4, Totem Park, UBC, Vancouver

134-a040110c
Item
7 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

UBC Totem Park – (Sea-Lion and Thunderbird House) c. 1900 Knight Inlet. No longer on display. Now in storage at MOA.

Anget pole of Ninstints (copy by William Jeffrey)

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Item
13 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Deserted canoe, Ehattesaht

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[1972]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of the remnants of an old wooden canoe near a shoreline, pictured on page 121 of Carter's book "From History's Locker."

Anthony Carter

Able John (73 yrs), Gold River BC

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Item
August 1972

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of Able John wearing a mask. An image of John is printed on page 119 of Carter's book "From History's Locker," with the caption: "Able John, born at Ehahsitaht but now living at Gold River. A friendly happy man he carves authentic Nootka masks to supplement his the earnings."

Anthony Carter