- 132-1-C-A-a040295
- Stuk
- November 13, 1914
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This photograph, taken by Edward S. Curtis, shows a Kwakwaka'wakw wedding party. The Bride is Abayah, who is marrying her first husband. She later married Mungo Martin.
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Part of MOA General Media collection
This photograph, taken by Edward S. Curtis, shows a Kwakwaka'wakw wedding party. The Bride is Abayah, who is marrying her first husband. She later married Mungo Martin.
Raising the Mungo Martin Memorial Pole
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A group of people gather for the raising of the Mungo Martin Memorial Pole. A number of them prepare to pull it up.
A display of items to be given away at a potlatch
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This photograph, originally taken by William or Jean Halliday, shows a display of items to be given away at a potlatch in Alert Bay. The caption for the slide gives the date as 1910 but the BC Archives lists the date for this photograph as between 1897 and 1933. This photograph is housed at the BC Archives, #H-03976.
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Image of a Sxwayxwey dance photographed at the beginning of the twentieth century. This photograph was used by Claude Levi-Strauss in his book "The Way of the Masks" and was provided to him by the British Columbia Provincial Museum.
Two Sxwayxwey dancers wearing masks
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Image of two Sxwayxwey dancers in a field with two persons in casual clothing, apparently to watch the ceremony. This image may have been taken by Edward S. Curtis.
Mungo Martin Pole Raising in Alert Bay
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The Mungo Martin memorial pole having just been raised in Alert Bay.
Detail of the Mungo Martin Memorial pole
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A detail of the Mungo Martin memorial pole just after being raised in Alert Bay.
Mungo Martin Pole Raising in Alert Bay
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The Mungo Martin memorial pole having just been raised in Alert Bay.
Mungo Martin memorial pole before being raised
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The Mungo Martin memorial pole being prepared to be raised in Alert Bay.
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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".
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Image of the large feast dish made by artist Charlie James. Uncertain date or relation to exhibits. Possibly for exhibit "Northwest Coast Indian Art."
Mungo Martin Pole Raising in Alert Bay
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The Mungo Martin memorial pole about to be raised in Alert Bay.
Ceremony for the Mungo Martin memorial pole rasing
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Elders perform the ceremony for the raising of the Mungo Martin memorial pole in Alert Bay.
Ceremony for the Mungo Martin memorial pole rasing
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Elders perform the ceremony for the raising of the Mungo Martin memorial pole in Alert Bay.
Songhees Dancing Sxwayxwey in front of a crowd near Victoria
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Image shows an audience on the shoreline and the E & N train trestle watch members of the Songhees First Nation dance the Sxwayxwey for a potlatch. This photograph was likely provided by the Provincial Archives of British Columbia to the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss for his book "The Way of the Masks."
Potlatch items on display in Montréal
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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
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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".
Songhees Dancing Sxwayxwey in front of a crowd near Victoria
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Image shows an audience on the shoreline and the E & N train trestle watch members of the Songhees First Nation dance the Sxwayxwey for a potlatch. This photograph was likely provided by the Provincial Archives of British Columbia to the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss for his book "The Way of the Masks."
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This is a photograph by Edward S. Curtis.
Recording of potlatch whistles and a short narrative by Robert Davidson
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Item is a sound recording made by Potterton Productions titled Potlach People, that features the sound of potlatch whistles followed by a short talk (approximately 1.5 minutes) by artist Robert Davidson. The rest of the recording is made-up of a soundscape featuring whistles and bird calls.