Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

View of Skedans

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Item
1878

Part of MOA General Media collection

View of Skedans photographed by George Mercer Dawson.

Town at the head of the inlet

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Item
1952

Part of MOA General Media collection

Item is a series of two photographs showing the rooftops of houses and a totem pole in the foreground. The pole is known as the Nispiq Pole. It belonged to Chief Simon Walkus, Sr. and tells of the origins of the Wuikinuxv people.

C. MacKay

Totem poles in the Great Hall

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Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Totem poles in the Great Hall at the Museum of Anthropology.

Totem poles in the Great Hall

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Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Totem poles in the Great Hall at the Museum of Anthropology.

Totem poles and houses at Skedans

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[19--?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Totem poles and houses said to be at Skedans. This image may be from a book by Marius Barbeau or Edward Linnaeus Keithahn.

Totem pole lying on the ground

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Item
[195-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Totem pole lying on the ground. This photograph was likely taken by a member of the B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee on an expedition to Anthony Island or Hope Island.

Totem pole at Kitwancool

132-1-C-E-a042793
Item
[19--?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Totem pole standing in situ at Kitwancool. It was later removed and taken to the University of British Columbia. It currently stands in the Great Hall at the Museum of Anthropology.

Totem pole at Kispiox

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Item
[196-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Detail of a totem pole said to be standing in Kispiox. This image may be from a book by Marius Barbeau or Edward Linnaeus Keithahn.

Skedans Grizzly Bear Pole

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Item
1954

Part of MOA General Media collection

Grizzly Bear house frontal totem pole being worked on by members of the B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee. This pole was removed from Skedans and is now housed at the Museum of Anthropology.

School group at the Museum of Anthropology

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Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

School group in the foyer at the Museum of Anthropology.

School group at the Museum of Anthropology

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Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

School group in the foyer at the Museum of Anthropology.

School group at the Museum of Anthropology

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Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

School group at the Museum of Anthropology.

School group at the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-E-a043078
Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

School group at the Museum of Anthropology.

Raven pole re-erected as memorial pole

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Item
1952

Part of MOA General Media collection

Item is a photograph showing a Raven Pole. To the left are a figure of a man and wife, and a dog.

C. MacKay

Ramp of the Museum of Anthropology

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Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Ramp with totem poles at the Museum of Anthropology.

Museum of Anthropology

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Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Museum of Anthropology grounds and Great Hall. The totem poles were carved by Mungo Martin.

Museum of Anthropology

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Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

View of the Museum of Anthropology around the time of its official opening in May, 1976. The mortuary poles on the viewer's right were carved by Doug Cranmer and Bill Reid.