Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

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[19--?]

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.

House frontal totem pole being lowered

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1954

Parte deMOA General Media collection

House frontal totem pole being lowered on Tanu Island in 1954. This pole was cut into four sections and is displayed in these sections at the Museum of Anthropology.

House frontal totem pole in situ

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Item
1956

Parte deMOA General Media collection

House frontal totem pole in situ at Oweekeno. This pole was removed by the B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee and now stands in the Great Hall at the Museum of Anthropology.

View of Skedans

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1878

Parte deMOA General Media collection

View of Skedans photographed by George Mercer Dawson.

Haida mortuary poles at SGang Gwaay Llanagaay

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1901

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Series of Haida Mortuary poles from SGang Gwaay photographed by Charles F. Newcombe in 1901. The third pole from the left was taken down in 1957 and held at the University of British Columbia and the Museum of Anthropology. In 2009 it was taken down from the Great Hall in the Museum of Anthropology and placed into massive carving storage in preparation for repatriation to the Haida nation.

Mortuary poles at SGang Gwaay

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1901

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Mortuary poles at SGang Gwaay photographed by Charles F. Newcombe.

Haida mortuary poles at SGang Gwaay Llanagaay

132-1-C-E-a042789
Item
1901

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Series of Haida Mortuary poles from SGang Gwaay photographed by Charles F. Newcombe in 1901. The third pole from the left was taken down in 1957 and held at the University of British Columbia and the Museum of Anthropology. In 2009 it was taken down from the Great Hall in the Museum of Anthropology and placed into massive carving storage in preparation for repatriation to the Haida nation.

Grizzly Bear Pole at T'aanuu Llnagaay

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1954

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Men preparing to lower the grizzly bear pole at T'aanuu Llnagaay. The pole was removed by the B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee and cut into four sections. It has since been displayed at UBC and at the Museum of Anthropology in these four sections.

Skedans Grizzly Bear Pole

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Item
1954

Parte deMOA 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.

House frontal totem pole in situ

132-1-C-E-a042808
Item
1956

Parte deMOA General Media collection

House frontal totem pole in situ at Oweekeno. This pole was removed by the B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee and now stands in the Great Hall at the Museum of Anthropology.

House frontal totem pole in situ

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1956

Parte deMOA General Media collection

House frontal totem pole in situ at Oweekeno. This pole was removed by the B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee and now stands in the Great Hall at the Museum of Anthropology.

Michael Ames with guests in Great Hall

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[197-?]

Parte deAnthony Carter fonds

Image in the Museum of Anthropology's Great Hall. Michael Ames (MOA Director) is on the left. Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau in on the right. The third individual is unidentified.