Kwakiutl Totem - Confederation Park - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
N 45° 25.321 W 075° 41.574
18T E 445791 N 5030066
This Totem Pole is located in Confederation Park in downtown Ottawa.
Waymark Code: WM90XJ
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 06/10/2010
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1871 - 1971
KWAKIUTL TOTEM
DONATED BY
THE NATIVE INDIAN PEOPLE
OF BRITISH COLUMBIA TO
COMMEMORATE THE CENTENARY
OF UNION OFTHE PROVINCE OF
BRITISH COLUMBIA WITH CANADA,
JULY 20, 1871.
CARVED AT VICTORIA B.C.
BY MR. HENRY HUNT OF THE
KWAWKEWITH INDIAN BAND
A PROJECT OF THE FIRST CITIZENS' FUND
AND THE BRITISH COLUMBIA
CENTENNIAL '71 COMMITTEE
From: The Canadian Encyclopedia
Hunt, Henry
Henry Hunt, Kwakwaka'wakw (KWAKIUTL) artist (b at Fort Rupert, BC 16 Oct 1923; d at Victoria 13 Mar 1985), grandson of George HUNT, father of Tony HUNT. A principal carver at the BC Provincial Museum for nearly 20 years, Henry Hunt began his career apprenticed to his father-in-law, Mungo MARTIN, and Arthur Shaunnesy, another well-known Kwakwaka'wakw carver. It was there that he trained his sons Tony, Stanley and Richard. He and his sons created the magnificent Mungo Martin memorial pole at Alert Bay (1971) and an impressive pole for the Totem Marina at Shuswap Lk. Hunt's works are found in international museum collections.