Showing 5 results

Archival description
Vancouver Item Houses
Print preview Hierarchy View:

5 results with digital objects Show results with digital objects

(Replicas)?, mortuary poles (Haida), dwelling house and sea wolf, Totem Park, UBC, Vancouver

MOA Object ID numbers correspond to poles in the image from left to right.

A50030 carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer (1961-62) as the frontal pole for the front of the Haida house, at the University of British Columbia, for display in Totem Park. Moved to the new Museum of Anthropology grounds in 1978. Pole was removed from the Haida House in 2000-09 and placed in a greenhouse tent for conservation treatment and drying. Pole was then re-raised in the Great Hall of the Museum on Oct. 31, 2002.

Architectural drawing

Image of an architectural drawing for a "two storey, four bedroom post and beam" structure. The drawing was done by Graphic Services of North Vancouver. This image was in an envelope labelled "Totem poles & construction at Stanley Park; Siwash rock." It is unclear where the structure was to be built.

Anthony Carter