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.
Masks and headdresses on display. The caption for this image says that the display is at the Vancouver Centennial Museum but the images looks more like a display from Man and His World in Montréal.
Kitchen implements from the pioneer gallery of the Vancouver Centennial Museum's opening exhibition. This exhibition was curated by the Museum of Anthropology.
Display at the Vancouver Centennial Museum. This was from the opening exhibition, which was curated by the Museum of Anthropology. Based on a list of slide titles provided with the slide binder, this image may have been from the pioneer gallery's "Sounvenirs of the Homeland" section.
Clothing display in the ethnic gallery at the opening exhibition of the Museum of Vancouver, curated by the Museum of Anthropology. The ethnic gallery was developed to showcase the diverse ancestry of the residents of Vancouver.
