Totem poles and installations at MOA & UBC
- 25-05-11
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- 1976-1978
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
File consists of images of totem pole and other display installations at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC.
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Totem poles and installations at MOA & UBC
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
File consists of images of totem pole and other display installations at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC.
Totem Park & Wreck Beach at UBC
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
File consists of images of Totem Park and Wreck Beach at the University of British Columbia, as well as a small number of images of unidentified locations elsewhere in BC.
Anthony Carter
Fonds consists of eight slides of totem poles being raised in the Haida Village at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The slides are dated May, 1962. The photographs were taken by George Szanto, the son-in-law of Geoffrey Andrew who was the Dean and Deputy President of UBC from 1947 to 1962.
The totem poles represented in the images were carved by Haida artist Bill Reid and 'Namgis artist Doug Cranmer. They were originally situated at UBC's Totem Park. They are now located on the grounds behind the Museum of Anthropology, and modelled on a 19th century Haida village.
George Szanto
Series documents Nisga’a artist Norman Tait and his crew of carvers during a period in which they were prolific in their creation of totem poles.
Jensen first met Tait in the early 1970s when she would photographic artists’ works for Bud Mintz, Vancouver gallery owner. In 1985 she had the idea to produce a book documenting the carving of a totem pole from start to finish. She approached Tait, who initially refused but called Jensen back just a few days later to take her up on the offer, after being commissioned to create a pole for the Native Education Centre in Vancouver.
Jensen photographed Tait and his crew, which consisted of his brother Robert (Chip), his cousin Harry Martin (Hammy), his nephew Wayne Young and his eldest son Isaac (Ikey). She also made notes and audio recordings of Tait’s lessons to his crew, most of whom had never worked on such a large project. The photographs and tapes were used in the creation of the book Where the People Gather: Carving a Totem Pole. The project also led to the publication of a children’s version, Carving a Totem Pole and a paperback version titled Totem Pole Carving. The books were published in the early 1990s.
Jensen documented Tait’s next two major commissions: two poles for Capilano Mall in 1986, and a pole for Stanley Park in 1987.
In 1987 Tait adopted Jensen into the Nisga’a Eagle Clan and began to teach her about the responsibilities that came with the honour. The lessons were put into practice in 2001 when Tait asked Vickie to guard the body of a family member that had died.
The series includes photographic records of the creation of the four poles; audio recordings of lessons and interviews with Tait; transcripts of the audio tapes; and notes. The series consists of five sub-series:
A. Native Education Centre (NEC) pole photographs
B. Capilano Mall and Stanley Park poles photographs
C. Misc. photographs
D. Tait family and crew artists’ photographs
E. Audio tapes and transcripts.
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of Doug Cranmer and another person (likely Roy Hanuse) carving a totem pole at the University of British Columbia.
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of Doug Cranmer and another person (likely Roy Hanuse) carving a totem pole at the University of British Columbia.
Doug Cranmer, Roy Hanuse, UBC 1973
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of Doug Cranmer and Roy Hanuse carving two totem poles at the University of British Columbia.
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of Doug Cranmer carving two totem poles at the University of British Columbia.
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of the upper part of a totem pole in Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC.
Anthony Carter
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of a group of totem poles in Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC.
Anthony Carter
Fin of shark pole fragments, beginning of restoration by Anthony Carter and Carol Mclaren, U.B.C.
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of the early stages of restoration of totem pole fragments by Anthony Carter and Carol Mclaren, U.B.C.
Fin of shark pole fragments, beginning of restoration by Anthony Carter and Carol Mclaren, U.B.C.
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of the early stages of restoration of totem pole fragments by Anthony Carter and Carol Mclaren, U.B.C.
Fin of shark pole fragments, beginning of restoration by Anthony Carter and Carol Mclaren, U.B.C.
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of the early stages of restoration of totem pole fragments by Anthony Carter and Carol Mclaren, U.B.C.
Fin of shark pole fragments, beginning of restoration by Anthony Carter and Carol Mclaren, U.B.C.
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of the early stages of restoration of totem pole fragments by Anthony Carter and Carol Mclaren, U.B.C.
Fin of shark pole fragments, beginning of restoration by Anthony Carter and Carol Mclaren, U.B.C.
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of the early stages of restoration of totem pole fragments by Anthony Carter and Carol Mclaren, U.B.C.
Museum of Anthropology, U.B.C., Vancouve
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of poles in the Great Room at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.
Anthony Carter
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of an unidentified totem pole at the University of British Columbia.
Anthony Carter
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of totem poles located at the University of British Columbia.
Anthony Carter
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of totem poles located at the University of British Columbia.
Anthony Carter
Totem pole installation, Museum of Anthropology
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of workers installing totem poles at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.
Anthony Carter