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Totem poles : According to location / Marius Barbeau ; foreword by George F. MacDonald.
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- ISBN: 0660129027 (v. 1)
- ISBN: 9780660129020 (v. 1)
- ISBN: 0660129035 (v. 2)
- ISBN: 9780660129037 (v. 2)
- Physical Description: x, 435-880 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: Hull, Quebec : Canadian Museum of Civilization, c1950, 1990.
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- General Note:
- Includes original title pages.Originally published: National Museum of Canada, 1950. (Bulletin ; 119) (Anthropological Series ; no. 30)
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references: p. 845-848.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lummi Library | E 98 .T65 B37 1950 V. 2 | 281396 | Stacks | Available | - |
| Lummi Library | PNW E 98 .T65 B37 1950 V. 2 | 269342 | PNW | Available | - |
| Totem Poles According to Location | 435 | |
| Tsimsyan-Niskæs | 435 | |
| Gitiks and Angyadæ Villages (Down Nass River) | 435 | |
| Pole of Negwa'on of Angyada | 435 | |
| Gitwinksihlk (At the Canyon of the Nass) | 435 | |
| Pole of Gwaneks and 'Weelarhæ | 435 | |
| Half-Protruding Pole | 438 | |
| Gitlarhdamks (Up River) | 439 | |
| Wolf Phratry | 439 | |
| Pole of Towq | 439 | |
| Pole of 'Neesyoq and 'Neeskyinwæt | 442 | |
| Totem Poles of 'Neesyoq | 442 | |
| Pole of Kyærhk | 444 | |
| Roasted-Person | 444 | |
| Pole of Sqateen | 445 | |
| Spearing-the-Sky | 445 | |
| Village-on-Tree | 448 | |
| Packing-Robins | 448 | |
| Two Totems of Kstiyaorh | 448 | |
| Totem Pole of Kungyaw | 448 | |
| Commemoration of Temnunrh | 449 | |
| Eagle Phratry | 451 | |
| Whereon-Sits-the-Woodpecker | 451 | |
| Fireweed Phratry | 451 | |
| One-Fireweed | 451 | |
| Whereon-Sits-the-Goose | 452 | |
| Tsimsyans Proper (Port Simpson, Skeena River, Southern Tsimsyans) | 453 | |
| Port Simpson | 453 | |
| List of Totem Poles at Port Simpson | 453 | |
| Killer-Whale Phratry | 454 | |
| Pole of Neeswairhs | 454 | |
| The Liguidihl | 455 | |
| Pole Called Mirage | 455 | |
| Mirage Hlækan | 454 | |
| Sun as a House-Front Painting | 455 | |
| Pole of Neesloot and Weenæs (Garfield) | 456 | |
| Porpoise-Like Pole | 456 | |
| Gamayæm's Flagpole | 456 | |
| Fireweed Pole | 456 | |
| Pole of Suhallait (Garfield) | 456 | |
| Raven Phratry | 457 | |
| The Mortuary Pole of Dakawmilsk (Garfield) | 457 | |
| Totem Poles of the Sea-Lion | 457 | |
| Pole of the Raven | 458 | |
| Klameen Pole of Neeshawt | 458 | |
| Chief-Raven House Front | 458 | |
| Raven and Salmon-River Crests | 458 | |
| Pole of the Dog | 459 | |
| Dog on Totem Poles | 459 | |
| Bullhead Poles of Nteetshleelks | 459 | |
| Wolf Phratry | 459 | |
| Pole of Halaidem-kan | 460 | |
| Dancer-of-Wood (Garfield) | 460 | |
| Eagle Phratry | 460 | |
| Dogfish-Fin of Legyarh | 460 | |
| Pole of Lukawl | 460 | |
| Mixed | 460 | |
| Tsimsyan Pole at the Field Columbian Exhibition (Deans) | 460 | |
| Totem Pole of Skeena River (Harriman) | 461 | |
| Tsimsyans Proper (Canyon of the Skeena) | 461 | |
| Robin-Woman and Blue-Bill-Duck-Woman (Myth) | 463 | |
| Totem Poles at the Kitselas Canyon (Emmons) | 464 | |
| Fireweed and Killer-Whale Phratry | 464 | |
| Fireweed Pole of Neeshaiwærhs | 464 | |
| Fireweed Poles of Neesnawæ | 465 | |
| Four Welmis House Posts of Læns | 466 | |
| Raven Phratry | 468 | |
| Grandfather-of-Red-Hair Pole | 468 | |
| Poles of Larahnitsk | 468 | |
| Pole of Thunder | 468 | |
| Island (Gitrhahla) Tsimsyans | 469 | |
| Island (Gitrhahla) Tsimsyans | 469 | |
| Gispewudwade Phratry | 469 | |
| Carved Crests of Hale | 469 | |
| Totem of Light (Hale) | 470 | |
| Pole of Kiyout | 470 | |
| Whole-Killer-Whale of Tsakawle | 470 | |
| Garment-of-Blackfish | 471 | |
| Raven Phratry | 471 | |
| Ten-Faces-Across-the-Top | 471 | |
| Poles of Wakhæs | 472 | |
| Wolf Phratry | 472 | |
| The White-Owl | 473 | |
| Metlakatla | 473 | |
| Neeslaranos Poles in the Chapel | 473 | |
| Southern Tsimsyans (Gitamat, Kitlawp) | 473 | |
| Trick-Ladder of Tseebasæ | 473 | |
| Where-the-Blackfish-Collide | 473 | |
| Snag Crest | 473 | |
| Pole at Gitamat | 474 | |
| Pole Commemorating Kapskoltsh (Now at Stockholm, Sweden) | 474 | |
| Haidas | 479 | |
| Skidegate and Southern Tribes | 479 | |
| Skidegate and the Southern Villages (Dawson) | 479 | |
| Skidegate Indian Village (Dawson) | 483 | |
| Totems of Chief Skidegate (Swanton) | 483 | |
| Totem Pole Carvers at Skidegate | 483 | |
| Pole of The-Younger-Brother (Swanton) | 483 | |
| Grave-Post of Chief Skidegate (Swanton) | 483 | |
| Sea-Monster Pole (Deans) | 485 | |
| Totem of the Rotten-House-People (Swanton) | 487 | |
| A Gitins House with Poles and Posts (Swanton) | 488 | |
| Pole and House of Cathlingscoon (Deans) | 488 | |
| Inside House Posts of Thunderbird Now at Victoria (Swanton) | 490 | |
| Inside House Posts of Thunderbird at the Provincial Museum, Victoria, B.C. (W. A. Newcombe) | 491 | |
| Beaver, Raven, Sun, and Grizzly Pole (Deans) | 491 | |
| Grave Poles of Skidegate and Old Gold Harbour (Swanton) | 494 | |
| Totem Poles at New Gold Harbour (Jacobsen) | 495 | |
| Totem Poles of Tsahl | 496 | |
| Migration of Hippa Island Families (Swanton) | 498 | |
| Children-of-Nastow | 498 | |
| Cumshewa | 499 | |
| Pole of Kohlans | 499 | |
| Pole of Gitkagyas (Swanton) | 499 | |
| Raven and Thunderbird Pole | 499 | |
| Skedans | 504 | |
| The Skedans' Close Association with Gitrhahla (Swanton) | 504 | |
| Pole of Neeswas (Swanton) | 512 | |
| Tanu | 512 | |
| Poles of Tanu (W. A. Newcombe) | 512 | |
| Grizzly and Killer-Whale | 512 | |
| Ninstints | 526 | |
| The Ninstints Tribe Becoming Extinct (Deans) | 526 | |
| The Ninstints, Described by Swanton | 526 | |
| The Ninstints Tribe as Now Described | 528 | |
| The Ninstints Eagles (Swanton) | 530 | |
| Whale-Slave's Totem Pole (Deans) | 530 | |
| Anget Totem | 534 | |
| Raven with Protruding Tongue | 534 | |
| Unidentified | 538 | |
| Killer-Whale Totem in Bremen, Germany | 538 | |
| House Posts at the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford, England | 538 | |
| Grizzly Bear and Raven of Massett (C. F. Newcombe) | 546 | |
| McGill Totem Pole in Montreal | 553 | |
| Massett Group | 561 | |
| Northern Villages of the Haidas in 1878 (Dawson) | 561 | |
| Tian and Hippah Island | 563 | |
| An Inside Pole of Edensaw at Kyusta (Swanton) | 563 | |
| Kyusta Village | 563 | |
| Yakun Village | 565 | |
| Raven of Klaskun | 565 | |
| Ginaawan Pole (Swanton) | 567 | |
| Pole at Fox Warren, England (Tyler) | 567 | |
| Pole at the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford, England (Tyler) | 567 | |
| Raven Totem of Massett, Now in Jasper Park | 568 | |
| Who Carved the Jasper Pole | 570 | |
| Old Massett | 570 | |
| Stihltæ's Pole at Massett (Swanton) | 570 | |
| Qingi Poles and Beams of Massett (Swanton) | 570 | |
| Pole of Weeæ's Wife at Massett (Swanton) | 570 | |
| Pole of Qogis (Swanton) | 571 | |
| Pole of Great Breakers (Swanton) | 571 | |
| Pole of He-Whose-Voice-Is-Obeyed (Swanton) | 572 | |
| Pole of Kuiyans (Swanton) | ||
| Kaigani Haidas (Southern Alaska) | 575 | |
| Kaigani Haidas (Niblack) | 575 | |
| Origin of the Kaigani Haidas (Swanton) | 578 | |
| Migrations of the Haidas (Beynon) | 585 | |
| Kasaan Village (Niblack) | 585 | |
| Totem Poles of Old Kasaan (Corser) | 585 | |
| House at Old Kasaan (Keithahn) | 591 | |
| House Posts in Chief Skowl's House (Niblack) | 591 | |
| Mortuary Columns Near Howkan (Niblack) | 591 | |
| Poles at Sukkwan (Keithahn) | 599 | |
| Old-Witch Pole of Sukkwan (Keithahn) | 599 | |
| Tlingits | 602 | |
| Southern Villages | 602 | |
| Pole from Tongas (Deans) | 602 | |
| Totems of Tongas (Corser) | 602 | |
| Mortuary Column of Chief Kootenah (Niblack) | 608 | |
| Fog-Woman and Kudjuk at Ketchikan (Keithahn) | 608 | |
| Poles at Tuxecan (Keithahn) | 609 | |
| Wrangell | 610 | |
| Totem Poles of Wrangell (Andrews) | 610 | |
| Totems of Shaiks | 610 | |
| Wolf Totem of 1869 (Andrews) | 618 | |
| Wolf Totem (Corser) | 618 | |
| Pole of Katishan (Swanton) | 618 | |
| Kadashan Totem Poles (Corser) | 618 | |
| Koodashan of the Tarqueneedy (Corser) | 619 | |
| Kadashan and Goonyah Poles (Corser) | 620 | |
| Grave Posts (Swanton) | 620 | |
| Grave Posts of Tcukanedi (Swanton) | 620 | |
| Grave Post Stuwuga (Swanton) | 620 | |
| Grave of Shustocks (Niblack) | 620 | |
| Graves at the Bear Totem Store (Corser) | 621 | |
| Dancing Cane (Swanton) | 621 | |
| Kayak Totem Pole (Corser) | 621 | |
| Beaver of Kilisnu and Kicksetti Totem Myth (Corser) | 622 | |
| Beaver, Duktut, and Kayak Pole (Corser) | 623 | |
| Totem of Kolteen (Keithahn) | 623 | |
| New Tagcook Pole (Keithahn) | 623 | |
| Devil's Thumb (Keithahn) | 627 | |
| Goonya Totem (Corser) | 627 | |
| Northern Tlingits | 627 | |
| Totem Poles at Sitka (Corser) | 627 | |
| Mountain-House of the Ravens (Shotridge) | 629 | |
| House Posts of the Wolf House at Sitka | 629 | |
| Totems at Kake (Kindle) | 629 | |
| Sitka Totems (Corser) | 632 | |
| Tlingit House Posts (Krause) | 633 | |
| Bella Coolas | 636 | |
| House Portal at the Old Pagan Village | 636 | |
| House Frontal Pole of Tallio | 637 | |
| Two Doorway Carvings (Deans) | 637 | |
| Two House Frontals at Tallio (W. A. Newcombe) | 637 | |
| House Post Collected by Jacobsen for Chicago | 645 | |
| Chief Clelaman's Memorial | 645 | |
| Kwakiutls | 651 | |
| Fort Rupert | 651 | |
| Kyinanuk Family of Tongas (Tlingit) | 651 | |
| David Hunt's Totem Pole | 657 | |
| The Hunt Totem Pole | 657 | |
| Statue To-Speak-Through (Hope Island, Boas) | 660 | |
| Commemoration of Hegwugyelagwaw | 660 | |
| Monument of Kwakwabales | 663 | |
| Graveyard Pole of Tsawlarhlehlilaakwe | 663 | |
| Speak-Through Post | 663 | |
| Alert Bay and Other Kwakiutl Villages | 673 | |
| Thunderbird of Wawkyas | 673 | |
| Talking Stick of Chief Wawkyas | 673 | |
| Talking Stick of Chief Wakius (Goodfellow) | 680 | |
| Sisa-kaulas (Goodfellow) | 681 | |
| Raven Totem (Corser) | 682 | |
| Raven-of-the-Sea | 682 | |
| Sun Totem | 685 | |
| Sinsintlæ Post (Boas) | 685 | |
| Chief Sesarhawles' Pole | 685 | |
| Bullhead Graveyard Pole | 685 | |
| Graveyard Pole of Tsagalahl | 685 | |
| Doorway to a Koskimo House (Shotridge) | 685 | |
| Newettee Totem Pole (Boas) | 696 | |
| The Tsonogoa of Old Nahwittee | 696 | |
| Pole of the Denarhtoq (Knight Inlet) | 696 | |
| Poles of Tsawadi (Knight Inlet) | 696 | |
| Inside Poles of Tsawadi (W. A. Newcombe) | 696 | |
| Post of Sadi (Knight Inlet) | 696 | |
| House Posts Showing Dsonoqua | 696 | |
| House Posts of Lelarha (Boas) | 698 | |
| House Posts of the Nannimoach (Deans) | 698 | |
| Commemoration Statues (Boas) | 702 | |
| Bella Bella Pole 1 | 702 | |
| Bella Bella Pole 2 | 704 | |
| Carved Posts of Nahwittee (2) | 704 | |
| House Posts of Cape Mudge | 708 | |
| Totem Poles of Alert Bay (Corser) | 708 | |
| Paintings and Carved Posts (Leeson Photos) | 723 | |
| Nootkas | 724 | |
| Nootkas Had No Totem Poles (Emmons) | 724 | |
| No Totem Poles Formerly (Sapir) | 726 | |
| Bear and Seal Carved Posts of Alberni | 726 | |
| Bear and Anitsatnas (Clayoquot) | 731 | |
| Quatsino Totem Pole | 731 | |
| Skate Painting of Alberni | 731 | |
| Inside-House Poles at Sarita (W. A. Newcombe) | 731 | |
| Welcome Poles at Ohiat (W. A. Newcombe) | 731 | |
| Salishes | 731 | |
| Totem Poles and Posts Among the Salish (Barnett) | 731 | |
| South of Deep Bay (Barnett) | 753 | |
| House Post at Comox (Emmons) | 755 | |
| Salish Inside-House Poles (W. A. Newcombe) | 759 | |
| Inside-House Pole (W. A. Newcombe) | 759 | |
| Comox Totem Poles and Paintings (Barnett) | 759 | |
| Grave Posts from Ruby Creek (W. A. Newcombe) | 760 | |
| Synthesis and Compilation | 762 | |
| The Growth of Heraldry or Totemism on the North Pacific Coast | 762 | |
| Mythical Beings and Crests (Ravenhill) | 768 | |
| Crests of the Gitksan Tribes | 768 | |
| Crests and Totems (Deasy) | 769 | |
| Lack of System Among Haidas, Tsimsyans, and Tlingits (Swanton) | 769 | |
| Lack of Uniformity in Classification of Crests Among Haidas, Tsimsyans, and Tlingits (Swanton) | 769 | |
| Comparative Study of Myths Embodied in Totem Poles (Boas) | 770 | |
| Spider Woman and Butterfly Myths in Siberia (Bogoras) | 770 | |
| Mythical and Folklore Themes (Thompson) | 770 | |
| Numbers | 772 | |
| Carved Columns in the North (Deans) | 772 | |
| Appraisal (Dawson) | 772 | |
| Tuxecan Poles in 1922 | 773 | |
| Painted House-Front and Doorway Carvings | 773 | |
| Native Paints (Niblack, 1885) | 773 | |
| Painting on Poles and House Fronts (Emmons, 1930) | 773 | |
| House-Front Paintings (Emmons) | 773 | |
| How Totem Poles Were Painted (Keithahn) | 774 | |
| Painted Houses Among the Tlingits (Swanton) | 774 | |
| House-Front Paintings Among the Tsimsyans | 777 | |
| House-Front Paintings at Gitsalas (Tsimsyan) | 777 | |
| Why the Gitandaw Have House Fronts Painted | 777 | |
| House-Front Paintings in a Gitksan Myth | 780 | |
| Painted Houses of Hale (Gitrhahla) | 780 | |
| Mural Carving and Painting at Gitrhahla | 780 | |
| House Paintings of Where-Opens-the-Sky (Gitrhahla) | 782 | |
| Painted House Fronts Among the Kwakiutls (Deans) | 782 | |
| Killer-Whale at Lirhsiwæ (Boas) | 782 | |
| Painted House Fronts of the Kwakiutls (Boas) | 782 | |
| Crests Painted on House Fronts of the Kwakiutls | 783 | |
| House-Front Paintings Among the Coast Salishes (Boas) | 783 | |
| Monumental Carvings | 783 | |
| Classification Among the Haidas (Dawson) | 783 | |
| Types of Carved Poles (Swanton) | 783 | |
| Totem Poles and Mortuary Columns (Niblack) | 785 | |
| Types of Carved Columns (W. A. Newcombe) | 785 | |
| Kaigani Mortuary Columns (Niblack) | 785 | |
| Memorial Poles Among the Tlingits (Swanton) | 786 | |
| Types of Totem Poles Among the Tlingits (Jones) | 786 | |
| Grave Posts Among the Haidas (Dawson) | 786 | |
| Types of Totem Poles (Keithahn) | 786 | |
| Inside House Posts Among the Tlingit (Keithahn) | 787 | |
| Types of Haida Totem Poles | 787 | |
| Names for Totem Poles Among the Niskæ | 787 | |
| Tlingit Name for Totem Pole (Jones) | 787 | |
| Comparisons Between Tsimsyans and Haidas | 787 | |
| Definition of Totem Pole (Raley) | 788 | |
| Definition of Totem Pole (Dudoward) | 788 | |
| Stone Pillar of Gitsalas | 788 | |
| Models of Poles and Posts Among the Haidas (Swanton) | 788 | |
| Substitutes for Totem Poles (Garfield) | 788 | |
| Totem Carvers, Technique | 789 | |
| Types of Carvers Among the Kitka'ata Tsimsyans | 789 | |
| How a Haida Pole Was Made (Deans) | 791 | |
| The Old House with Totem at Kayan (Swanton) | 791 | |
| Selection and Carving of a Pole Among the Haidas | 791 | |
| Method of Selecting and Carving a Pole (Keithahn) | 793 | |
| The Technique of Carving Totem Poles (Keithahn) | 795 | |
| Tools for Carving Among the Tlingit (Keithahn) | 795 | |
| Carvers at Wrangell | 795 | |
| How a Totem Pole Was Erected (Keithahn) | 795 | |
| How Haida Poles Were Made (Deans) | 796 | |
| Technique of the Gitksans | 796 | |
| Gitksan Carvers of Totem Poles | 798 | |
| Kwakiutl Totem-Pole Carvers | 798 | |
| The Northern Frontier of Red Cedar (Keithahn) | 800 | |
| Northern Frontier of Totem Poles (Keithahn) | 800 | |
| Evolution of Design Among the Tlingit (Swanton) | 800 | |
| Abalone Shells on Totem Poles | 800 | |
| The Growth of Totem-Pole Carving - Early Records | 801 | |
| I. | Early Travel and Exploration | 801 |
| 1. | Captain James Cook (1778) | 801 |
| 2. | Captain George Dixon (1785) | 801 |
| 3. | De la Pérouse (1785) | 803 |
| 4. | Haswell (1787) | 803 |
| 5. | John Meares (1788) | 803 |
| 6. | John Bartlett (1790) | 803 |
| 7. | Etienne Marchand (1791) | 803 |
| 8. | Manuel Quimper (1790) | 805 |
| 9. | Hoskins (1790) | 806 |
| 10. | Captain Joseph Ingraham (1791) | 806 |
| 11. | Captain George Vancouver (1792) | 806 |
| 12. | Jacinto Caamano (1792) | 808 |
| 13. | Boit (1792) | 809 |
| 14. | Camille de Roquefeuille (1816) | 809 |
| 15. | Capitaine Péron (1824) | 810 |
| 16. | Jonathan S. Green (1829) | 810 |
| II. | Comments by Later Observers | 810 |
| 17. | James Deans (1862-1870) | 810 |
| 18. | James Deans (1870-1880) | 810 |
| 19. | James G. Swan (1874) | 813 |
| 20. | James Deans (1860's) | 814 |
| 21. | James Deans (1884) | 816 |
| 22. | A. P. Niblack (1888) | 817 |
| 23. | J. R. Swanton (1904) | 817 |
| 24. | John W. Arctander (1909) | 817 |
| 25. | Mrs. Lewis Shotridge (1913) | 818 |
| 26. | Livingston F. Jones (1914) | 818 |
| 27. | Edward L. Keithahn (1945) | 818 |
| 28. | Fred S. Johnston (1947) | 818 |
| 29. | Poles in Alaska in the 1880's (Keithahn) | 318 |
| 30. | The Age of Totem Poles (Keithahn) | 819 |
| 31. | The Art of the Northwest Coast Is Recent (Keithahn) | 821 |
| 32. | The Age of Totem Poles (W. A. Newcombe) | 821 |
| 33. | Nass Origin of Detached Poles (Raley) | 821 |
| 34. | Age of the Gitksan Poles on Upper Skeena River | 821 |
| III. | In Mythology and Tales | 821 |
| 35. | The Raven Makes a Totem Pole (Swanton) | 821 |
| 36. | Dreaming of Totem Poles | 822 |
| 37. | The First Totem (Paul) | 824 |
| IV. | Opinions of the Tsimsyan and Haida Informants as to Age of Art of Carving and Erecting Totem Poles | 825 |
| 38. | Edensaw | 825 |
| 39. | Mrs. Susan Grey | 825 |
| 40. | Henry Young | 825 |
| 41. | Alfred Young | 828 |
| 42. | Dennis Wood | 828 |
| Early Culture Contacts on the Northwest Coast | 831 | |
| Early Russian Contacts in Alaska from 1785 to 1795 (Quimby) | 833 | |
| Haida Carvers Widely Travelled | 837 | |
| Workshop Items | 837 | |
| Sources of Information | 843 | |
| Bibliography | 845 | |
| Addenda | 848 | |
| Conservation and Restoration of Totem Poles | 849 | |
| Conservation of Totem Poles | 849 | |
| Totem Restoration in Recent Decades (Keithahn) | 854 | |
| Totem Poles Destroyed (Keithahn) | 855 | |
| Totem Poles at Sitka Not Really Sitkan (Keithahn) | 856 | |
| Restoration of Gitksan Totem Poles | 859 | |
| Restoration of Totem Poles Among the Tsimsyans | 859 | |
| Why Fallen Totems Are Abandoned | 859 |