Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Chief Mungo Martin memorial, pole raising

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1970

Image of the raising of a totem pole made in memory of the Kwakiutl Chief Mungo Martin. The pole was placed at his grave.

Anthony Carter

Alert Bay, unidentified pole

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1970

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of an unidentified totem pole featuring two creatures - a winged animal on top and what appears to be a human figure with raised arms on the bottom. Gravestones are visible in the foreground.

Anthony Carter

Totem pole, Alert Bay (?)

25-03-06-a037985
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[1970]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of an unidentified totem pole in Alert Bay.

Anthony Carter

Alert Bay, Johnson Strait

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[1970]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a totem pole near a graveyard. This image is printed on page 26 of Carter's book "from History's Locker," with the caption: "View from the graveyard at Alert Bay looking across Johnston straits toward Vancouver Island."

Anthony Carter

Totem pole, Yuquot (Friendly cove) (?)

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[1972?]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a totem pole in Friendly Cove, raised in honour of Captain Jack. The same pole if pictured on pages 104-105 of Carter's book "From History's Locker," with the caption: "The large beautifully carved totem here at Friendly Cove was raised in honor of Capt. Jack by the people of five local bands, each of the groups of carvings being done by the best carvers of each group."

Anthony Carter

Rivers Inlet, ubis village site

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[1973?]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of part of a totem pole from ubis village site (?), on the coast of British Columbia.

Anthony Carter

Owekeno Village, Rivers Inlet, Xwamdasbe (Hope Island), Gwayasdums (Gilford Island) house poles

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[1973?]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a group of carved posts located in an unidentified area of coastal British Columbia, likely somewhere near Hope of Gilford Island.

Anthony Carter

Gwayasdums (Gilford Island): mountain with totem pole in foreground

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July 1973

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of the upper part of an old totem pole at Kingcome Inlet.

Anthony Carter

Old totem pole Cape Mudge

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August 1973

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of an old totem pole, now lying on the ground, in Cape Mudge on Quadra Island, BC. This image is printed on page 18 of Carter's book From History's Locker.

Anthony Carter

House of Wiiseks/Wiigyet of Gitsegukla Totem Pole

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November 1969

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a totem pole in Gitsegukla owned by Gary Hill Sr. of the house of Wiiseks/Wiigyet. The pole was cut down and as of March 2019 there are plans to make another one.

Additional images of this pole are printed on page 122 of Carter's book Abundant Rivers.

Anthony Carter

House of Wiiseks/Wiigyet of Gitsegukla Totem Pole

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November 1969

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a totem pole in Gitsegukla owned by Gary Hill Sr. of the house of Wiiseks/Wiigyet. The pole was cut down and as of March 2019 there are plans to make another one.

The pole, known as Pole-in-Sand, represents the sandbar at mouth of Skeena River.

Anthony Carter

Totem pole by Chief Ernie Hyjmar (Gitsegukla), Skeena

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[1969]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a totem pole by Chief Ernie Hyjmar (Gitsegukla), Skeena.

Anthony Carter

Totem poles, Ans'pa yaxw (Kispiox): Garment-of-Eagle-People Pole

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[1969]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of totem poles in the Kispiox Village in the Skeena area of BC, including a pole known as Garment-of-Eagle-People Pole.

Anthony Carter

Unidentified man, pole raising, Haida Gwaii

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1969

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image taken at a pole raising ceremony in Masset. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. Image shows a man speaking at the pole raising. He is not identified, but it is likely Chief Weah (Willie Matthews).

Anthony Carter