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  1. Discover
  2. Paper: Star House Pole: Early Images of the Haida Totem Pole in the Pitt Rivers Museum
  3. Unit: Photographs of the Haida totem pole in the Pitt Rivers Museum (1901 onwards)

Pitt Rivers Museum, east end of the Court

Commentary

Pitt Rivers Museum, east end of the Court
Accession number: 
PRM0002001395249
Collection: 
Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Interior view of the Pitt Rivers Museum, looking towards the east end of the Court, showing the Haida totem pole (‘Star House Pole’).

Photographer: Malcolm Osman
Date of photograph: Circa 1990 (undated: late 1980s to early 1990s)
Continent: Europe
Geographical area: Northern Europe
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Region/Place: England; Oxfordshire; Oxford
Cultural group: Haida
Format: Colour film transparency
Size: 127 x 102 mm
Acquisition: Internal accession