Header - Thunder Bird Park

Title - Late Park

Nuxalt carvingThunderbird Park, 1954.
BC Government photograph.
BC Archives I-26975.

Nuxalk Carving, 1954
Carvers: Mungo Martin, David Martin and Henry Hunt
Based on: Nuxalk Grave Marker

This is a version of a grave figure that Charles F. Newcombe purchased at Talio, on South Bentinck Arm, in 1913 (RBCM 2310). A photograph of the figure in its original location shows that the Grizzly Bear had an eye in each forepaw. Although these eyes were not visible when the original pole was installed in Thunderbird Park in 1941, they appear in this version. The carvers made other changes: the original Grizzly Bear did not have feet and the white patch at the neck was V-shaped.
RBCM 20125.

Close up of Nuxalk carvingThunderbird Park, 1977.
Andrew Niemann photograph.
RBCM PN 13195-13.
 Supernatural Grizzly Bear with upraised forepaws. The eyes in each paw indicate the Grizzly Bear’s supernatural nature.
Close up of the head of the Naxulk figureThunderbird Park, 1977.
Andrew Niemann photograph.
RBCM PN 13195-13.
Naxalk figure in Thunderbird ParkThunderbird Park, 1977.
Andrew Niemann photograph.
RBCM PN 13195-13.
Naxalk figure with other totem poles in Thunderbird ParkThunderbird Park, 1975.
BC Government photograph.
BC Archives I-20999.
Naxulk figure in situTalio, 1913. Charles F. Newcombe photograph.
RBCM PN 619.
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