Architectural elements

School group at the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-E-a043082
Item
[197-?]

School group in the Great Hall at the Museum of Anthropology.

1-4-C-13 (67.1-5)
File
[199-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains a combination of historical photographs depicting village life of the Coast Salish people, and modern day photographs of Salish artifacts housed in various museums around the world. The historical photographs contain images of Coast Salish peoples, totem poles, house posts, canoes, and petroglyphs. The modern day photographs contain images of Coast Salish artifacts such as blankets, spindle whorls, masks, carvings, house posts and totem poles, and household items such as combs and bowls. The textual records contained in this file are photocopies of images of Coast Salish artifacts housed in various museums around the world.

Rudy Kovach and Anthony Carter in the Great Hall

132-1-C-A-a040651
Item
1976

Part of MOA General Media collection

Two men, possibly Rudy Kovach and Anthony Carter, stand near a house frontal totem pole newly installed in the Museum of Anthropology.

Rudy Kovach and Anthony Carter in the Great Hall

132-1-C-A-a040650
Item
1976

Part of MOA General Media collection

Two men, possibly Rudy Kovach and Anthony Carter, stand near a house frontal totem pole newly installed in the Museum of Anthropology.

(Replica) Kwakiutl housepost #5, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.

134-a040083c
Item
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Quatsino house figure

132-1-C-E-a042781
Item
1955

Part of MOA General Media collection

Detail of a house post from the Museum of Anthropology's collection.

Preparing to move house posts

132-1-C-C-a041397
Item
August 1975?

Part of MOA General Media collection

Preparations being made to move house posts from Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building.

Potlatch items on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040408
Item
1969 or 1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

Items from the Museum of Anthropology including house posts, feast dishes, a bentwood box, and model totem poles, on display in Montréal for the Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Potlatch items on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040412
Item
1969 or 1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

Items from the Museum of Anthropology including house posts, feast dishes, a bentwood box, and model totem poles, on display in Montréal for the Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Potlatch items on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040413
Item
1969 or 1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

Items from the Museum of Anthropology including house posts, feast dishes, a bentwood box, and model totem poles, on display in Montréal for the Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Poles in the new Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-A-a040638
Item
1976

Part of MOA General Media collection

Poles laid out or standing up in the new Museum of Anthropology building during the process of moving in.

People gathered outside of building

4-02-a033852
Item
[?]

Part of Eric Parker fonds

Item is a photograph showing people gathered outside of a large buildings on a cobble stone street.

Old house posts, Hope Island

51-01-28-a039452
Item
1955 or 1956

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Image of two old house posts on Hope Island, BC. The post on the right appears to be the same as a post now housed at the Museum of Anthropology, that was collected from Hope Island in 1956. Both posts feature a human figure with large eyes. On one post, the figure is holding a small face near its waist. On the other post, the figure is holding what appears to be an animal of some kind. The Museum of Anthropology's website provides the following description of the posts: "The posts of the unfinished house of Ha'm'cit were carved by a man from Smith Inlet called Si.wit who moved to Xu'mtaspi and married Tom Omhyid's mother. Ha'm'cit died before the house was finished. (Information provided to Prof. Wilson Duff by Mungo Martin). The artist's potlatch name was P'aczsmaxw. Wayne Suttles places the Xu'mtaspi village as Nahwitti, in historic times, however it was occupied jointly by the Nahwitti, the Yalhinuxw, and the Noqemqilisala (of Hanson Lagoon)."