House posts

MOA News: The Newsletter of the UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vol 1. No 2, January, 1996

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January 1996

Fait partie de MOA Publications and Ephemera collection

The newsletter contains 10 articles about the museum as well as photographs, facsimiles of artworks, and general visitor information. Subjects include the exhibition Reclaiming History: Ledger Drawings by the Assiniboine Artist Hongeeyesa, MOA's financial endowments, a house post carved by Lyle Wilson, the residency of Dr. Beatrice Medicine, recent acquisitions to the Asian collection, a MOA membership survey, funding received from the Getty Grant Programme, a project involving a grade 12 art class and ceramics, a new version of the exhibition Cannery Days, and news from the Anthropology Shop. Also included is a Calendar of Events.

Masset Village

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[ca. 199-]

Fait partie de Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds

Image depicts canoes, house, house posts, and totem poles on a shoreline in Masset, Haida Gwaii, B. C. Handwritten inscription on the verso reads "This is a Indian Village in Masset B. C. at the turn of the century. As you can see there are a lot of wooden shacks, totem poles and canoes. it is a very wild and remote area [redacted]. grandfather Crosby used to travel to these remoat [sic] villages by canoe." Image appears to be reproduction of a039351.

Kwakwaka'wakw house post on display in Montréal

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1969 or 1970

Fait partie de MOA General Media collection

A Kwakwaka'wakw house post from the Museum of Anthropology on display for the Northwest coast exhibit of "Man and His World" in Montréal.

Kwakwaka'wakw house post on display in Montréal

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1969 or 1970

Fait partie de MOA General Media collection

A Kwakwaka'wakw house post from the Museum of Anthropology on display for the Northwest coast exhibit of "Man and His World" in Montréal.

Kwakwaka'wakw house post on display in Montréal

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1969 or 1970

Fait partie de MOA General Media collection

A Kwakwaka'wakw house post from the Museum of Anthropology on display for the Northwest coast exhibit of "Man and His World" in Montréal.

Kwakwaka'wakw house post and a feast dish on display in Montréal

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1969 or 1970

Fait partie de MOA General Media collection

A Kwakwaka'wakw house post and a feast dish from the Museum of Anthropology on display for the Northwest coast exhibit of "Man and His World" in Montréal.

Kats and she-grisly in display case

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1963

Fait partie de MOA General Media collection

Image of a carving called Kats and she-grisly, in a display case. According to a description in the book Monuemt sof Cedar, by Edward Keithahn, this sculpture "formely stood above the entrance of the Brown Bear House (Hoothc Hit) in Yakutat. Whenever a Potlatch was to be held in this house, the crest would be displayed out-of-doors above the doorway." (p. 15).

Items on display in Montréal

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1969 or 1970

Fait partie de 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".

Interior of the Great Hall

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[197-?]

Fait partie de MOA General Media collection

View of the Interior of the Great Hall of the Museum of Anthropology.

Interior of the Great Hall

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[197-?]

Fait partie de MOA General Media collection

View of the Interior of the Great Hall of the Museum of Anthropology.

Interior house posts in situ

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[1956?]

Fait partie de MOA General Media collection

House posts from Hope Island in situ. These were later removed and brought to UBC. They are currently housed at the Museum of Anthropology.

Interior house posts in situ

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[1956?]

Fait partie de MOA General Media collection

House posts from Hope Island in situ. These were later removed and brought to UBC. They are currently housed at the Museum of Anthropology.

Interior house posts in situ

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[1956?]

Fait partie de MOA General Media collection

House posts from Hope Island in situ. These were later removed and brought to UBC. They are currently housed at the Museum of Anthropology.

Interior house posts

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1956?

Fait partie de MOA General Media collection

Image of interior house posts in an abandoned settlement. These appear to be the house posts that were transported from Hope Island to the Museum of Anthropology in 1956.

Interior house posts

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1956?

Fait partie de MOA General Media collection

Image of interior house posts in an abandoned settlement. These appear to be the house posts that were transported from Hope Island to the Museum of Anthropology in 1956.

Interior house post, Totem Bite [Bight], Ketchikan, Alaska

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17 Aug. 1972

Fait partie de E. Polly Hammer fonds

Interior house post

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1956?

Fait partie de MOA General Media collection

Image of a bear shaped interior house post. This appears to be a house post that was transferred from Hope Island to the Museum of Anthropology in 1956.

Interior house post

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1956?

Fait partie de MOA General Media collection

Image of a bear shaped interior house post. This appears to be a house post that was transferred from Hope Island to the Museum of Anthropology in 1956.