Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Chief Mungo Martin memorial, pole raising

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August 1970

Image of the raising of a totem pole made in memory of the Kwakiutl Chief Mungo Martin. The pole was placed at his grave.

Anthony Carter

Chief Mungo Martin memorial, pole raising

25-03-06-a037943
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August 1970

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.

Anthony Carter

Alert Bay, cemetery and totem poles

25-03-06-a037960
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1970

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a cemetery with two totem poles and a few graves with crosses.

Anthony Carter

Alert Bay, unidentified pole

25-03-06-a037965
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1970

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of an unidentified totem pole.

Anthony Carter

Chief Mungo Martin memorial, pole raising

25-03-06-a037968
Item
1970

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.

Anthony Carter

Chief Mungo Martin memorial, pole raising

25-03-06-a037975
Item
1970

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.

Anthony Carter

Children playing near totem pole and Dance house, Alert Bay

25-03-06-a037994
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[1970]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of children playing near a totem pole and Dance house in Alert Bay.

Anthony Carter

Totem pole, Kitsegukla

25-04-08-a038449
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[197-?]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a totem pole in Kitsegukla (Gitsegukla?), BC. This same pole is pictured on page 125 of Carter's book Abundant Rivers, with the caption: "This very old pole carved with a human figure and birds is a striking land mark in the village of Kitsegukla."

Anthony Carter

House of Wiiseks/Wiigyet of Gitsegukla Totem Pole

25-04-08-a038479
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[1970]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a totem pole in Gitsegukla owned by Gary Hill Sr. of the house of Wiiseks/Wiigyet. The pole was cut down and as of March 2019 there are plans to make another one.

This pole is shown on page 127 of Carter's book Abundant Rivers, with the inaccurate caption: "This well-carved pole belongs to Mr. Russell, one of the councillors at Kitsegukla. The predominant long-billed bird is a mythical figure called 'Weneel.'"

Anthony Carter

Piece of totem pole in museum (?)

25-04-12-a038518
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[197?]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a piece of on old totem pole, sitting on a block. It appears to be located in a museum, possibly the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.

Anthony Carter

Charlie James totem pole

25-04-12-a038521
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[197?]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of totem pole carved by Charles James.

The pole was re-adzed and re-painted by Kwakwaka'wakw carver Mungo Martin before shipping to UBC 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 ca. 1976.

Anthony Carter