Archive / Kwakiute (Thunderbird) pole
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Item Details
Title: Kwakiute (Thunderbird) pole
Artist: Ellen Neel
Date: 1948
Format: Photograph [black and white print]
Location: UBC Archives Historical Photographs
Fonds: UBC# 1.1/2656
More Information: Pole was made by Kwakwaka’waku caver Ellen Neel, dedicated in 1948 at the University of British Columbia’s Brock Hall.
Further Research: Aboriginal Art in the SixtiesRelated Items
- 01. Eaton's Salutes Our Native Indian Culture, Vancouver Sun, July 18, 1967
(Ephemera) - 02. Totem carvers, Ellen Neel and Family
Ellen Neel and Ted Neel (Photograph) - 03. Indians to Get New Home Grants, Vancouver Sun, May 16, 1967
(Ephemera) - 04. Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer carving cedar log in Totem Park
Doug Cranmer and Bill Reid (Photograph) - 05. St. Michael's Residential School Art Display at the Pacific National Exposition
(Photograph) - 06. Indian Cultural Society Holds Vancouver Fete, Native Voice, April 1963
(Ephemera) - 07. Tillicum Club: Talented Young Artist, Vancouver Province, July 17, 1947
Judith Morgan (Ephemera) - 08. The Queens totem pole loaded on to the "Pacific Unity" at Victoria on its voyage to England
(Photograph)
More Related Items
- 09. Haida Spirit
Pat McGuire (Painting) - 10. Before Public Reception, Vancouver Province, Monday, January 27, 1958
Ellen Neel (Ephemera) - 11. Ballerina Maria Tallchief with Ellen Neel and Totem Pole
Ellen Neel (Photograph) - 12. Ellen Neel Carving with Children
Ellen Neel (Photograph) - 13. Kwakiute Indian Carving Totem Pole, Ellen Neel carving demonstration
Ellen Neel (Photograph) - 14. George Clutesi
George Clutesi (Photograph) - 15. Diana Dunstan and Chief Dan George
(Photograph)
Project Sites
Discrete project sites documenting the work of specific artists and collectives in detail.
- 01Aboriginal Art in the Sixties
Curated by Marcia Crosby
Research by Roberta Kremer Designed by The Future - 02Al Neil
Curated by Glenn Alteen Designed by Archer Pechawis - 03Expanded Literary Practices
Curated by Charo Neville
and Michael Turner Designed by The Future - 04The Intermedia Catalogue
Created by Michael de Courcy
Research by Sarah Todd Designed by James Szuszkiewicz - 05Transmission Difficulties
Curated by Scott Watson Designed by Dexter Sinister
- 01Aboriginal Art in the Sixties
Essays
Essays and conversation providing a context for exploring the Project Sites and Archives.
- 01Making Indian Art “Modern”
By Marcia Crosby - 02Vancouver Cinema in the Sixties
By Zoë Druick - 03UBC in the Sixties: A Conversation
Edited by Marian Penner Bancroft - 04Siting the Banal: The Expanded Landscapes of the N.E. Thing Co.
By Nancy Shaw - 05Urban Renewal: Ghost Traps, Collage, Condos, and Squats
By Scott Watson
- 01Making Indian Art “Modern”
Video Interviews
Video interviews conducted between December 2008 and May 2009 reflecting on Vancouver’s art scene in the sixties.
- 01Ingrid Baxter with Grant Arnold
- 02Christos Dikeakos with Lorna Brown
- 03Carole Itter with Lorna Brown
- 04Gary Lee-Nova with Scott Watson