Architectural elements

132-1-C-E-a042822
Stuk
[1956?]

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

House poles and frame

51-01-28-a039405
Stuk
1955 or 1956

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

House frame near water, seen from above

51-01-28-a039417
Stuk
1955 or 1956

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Carved figure, possibly house post

51-01-28-a039430
Stuk
1955 or 1956

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

House post, Anthony Island

51-01-29-a039475
Stuk

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Image of a house post on Anthony Island, Haida Gwaii. This appears to be a post now housed at the Museum of Anthropology (museum item #A50016). This museum item is described as follows: "Totem, crescent shaped in cross section, carved in shallow and deep relief. From top to bottom: human with hands at right angles and fingertips touching. The arms are folded with the elbows resting on squared ears of figure below. Enclosed within this frame is a small human/hawk face with beak, surmounting the head, shoulders, and forepaws of an emerging bear cub. At the base is a bear from whose ears frogs look downward. The bear has curled nostrils; upturned mouth, raised forearms with five fingers folded over each palm, small human face between forearms... Stood at centre of back wall inside house called 'Raven House', belonging to the lineage of the'Sand Town People' of Raven moiety of Kunghit Haida. MacDonald lists it as house number 17... Pole standing when collected...Figures are crests belonging to the lineage of the owners of the house, the 'Sand Town People' of the Raven moiety. They may also refer to the Bear Mother myth."

Haida house under construction, UBC

51-01-31-a035223
Stuk
[ca. 1970]

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Image of the Haida house at the Museum of Anthropology while being constructed.

House post and bentwood boxes in the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-C-a041525
Stuk
1976?

Part of MOA General Media collection

A house post and several bentwood boxes along the ramp of the Museum of Anthropology. The house post was transferred from Ninstints to the University of British Columbia in 1957.

Packed items and a house post in the old Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-B-a040995
Stuk
[1975?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Image of a house post and several packed boxes, likely in preparation for moving to the new museum. Photograph may have been taken by Ria Rowe.

House post in situ on Anthony Island

132-1-C-E-a042792
Stuk
1957

Part of MOA General Media collection

Members of the B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee, Bill Reid (wearing aht) and Wilson Duff, inspecting a house post on Anthony Island. This house post was removed and brought to the Museum of Anthropology.

Haida Housefront by Gerry Marks & Francis Williams for National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan

25-05-11-a039576
Stuk
1977

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a Haida housefront

Zonder titel

Haida Housefront by Gerry Marks & Francis Williams for National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan

25-05-11-a039577
Stuk
1977

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a person standing by a Haida housefront

Zonder titel

Building rooftops

4-02-a033848
Stuk
[?]

Part of Eric Parker fonds

Item is a photograph showing a close up of the architectural details on the rooftops of buildings.

People gathered outside of building

4-02-a033852
Stuk
[?]

Part of Eric Parker fonds

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

Transforming image research photos

1-1-MMM-b-2 (37.2-3)
Bestanddeel
[ca.2000]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains images used for research during the image recovery project and the Transforming Image Exhibit.

A50008

1-4-E-1-18
Bestanddeel
[ca. 2005]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File includes one drawing and seven photographs of MOA Object ID A50008 a, b, and c which are interior house posts as well as images of the village from where they came. The photographs are annotated with handwritten information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.