Title

Totem Pole, Windsor Great Park, Runnymede, Surrey, 1959. Creator: Norman Barnard.

Caption

Totem Pole, Windsor Great Park, Runnymede, Surrey, 1959. A view looking up the Totem Pole in Windsor Great Park. The totem pole in Windsor Great Park was presented to Queen Elizabeth II in June 1958 by Chief Mungo Martin of the Kwakiutl or Kwakwaka'wakw or Kwakiutl. The pole is 100 ft high and marks the centenary of British Columbia, which was proclaimed a Crown Colony in 1858 by Queen Victoria. A 600 year old tree was felled in order to create the pole, which was carved by Chief Mungo Martin. A second, identical totem pole was carved and remained in Vancouver, Canada. The totem pole in Windsor Great Park was repainted in 1985 by delegates of the Kwakwaka'wakw.

Date

1959

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Reference

HRM21B21_026

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

82,3Mb (3,5Mb) / 14,6in x 21,9in / 4378 x 6567 (300dpi)

Keywords

park North America England country local British Columbia British English color commemoration native Native American totem pole location berkshire century Windsor commemorative Britain concept American Indian fifties 1950s Colour Windsor great park centennial 20th century Kwakiutl centenary decade Kwakwaka'wakw TGN Windsor Park indigenous photograph Martin Norman Barnard Barnard Norman Historic England Mungo Martin Mungo