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Portrait of a woman in regalia, standing indoors.

Item is an image of a woman walking away from the camera with three buildings and a totem pole in the background. According to annotations, photograph was taken in G?aw (also known as Old Massett) in the Haida Gwaii archipielago

Item is an image of a woman by a building. According to annotations, photograph was taken in G?aw (also known as Old Massett) in the Haida Gwaii archipielago

Image depicts a woman seated in a canoe along the shoreline. The canoe appears to be propped on a wooden beam that keeps it from drifting away. The woman may be Ruth Reed, the photographer's wife.

Item is a photograph of a woman holding an umbrella outside in the snow. The photo is attributed to Tamamura Kōzaburō.

Image depicts a woman wearing wearing a mix of western clothing and regalia dancing outdoors. Several other woman can be seen dancing behind her. Spectators watch the dance as well.

Item is an image of a woman by a building. There are some buildings, poles, and canoes in the background. According to annotations, photograph was taken in G?aw (also known as Old Massett) in the Haida Gwaii archipielago

Item is a photograph of a woman weaving on a loom with a cover constructed above her.

Item is an image of a woman and two girls by a house. The woman and one of the girls are standing, the other girl is sitting. The porch and the girl standing seem to be the same from item a032700_1

Item is a photograph showing a woman and two children kneeling in front of screens. They are wearing ceremonial dress. Possibly by photographer Ogawa Kazumasa

Image depicts a woman wearing regalia carrying a drum and mallet. The drum is painted with an image that may be an eagle.

Photograph of a woman, baby, small child, and dog in front of what appears to be a mud building with corrugated steel roof somewhere in northern Ethiopia.

Item is a glass lantern slide of a woman, two children, and a dog in front of a house. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken at Elkhorn (Washakada) Residential School. The Elkhorn Residential School started as the Washakada Home for Girls and the Kasota Home for Boys were established in the village of Elkhorn, MB in 1888. Following a fire, the school was rebuilt outside the town in 1895. Ongoing financial problems led to a government takeover of the school. It was closed in 1918 but reopened in 1923, under the administration of the Anglican Church’s Missionary Society. Many students came from northern Manitoba. The leaders of The Pas Indian Band made a number of complaints about the conditions at the school, which was eventually closed in 1949. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Image of carved house posts at the Mamalilikulla village, Village Island. The post is now lying in the grass.

A wolf headdress. These were used as temporary grave markers to indicate a memorial potlatch was being planned.

Image of a drum with a wolf painted on it.

Image of a drum with a wolf painted on it.

Wolf dish carved by Bill Reid while he was in Montréal.

Display for the exhibit "The Shaman of the Northwest Coast." Includes bentwood boxes and a figure among other items.

Item is a photograph showing people on the taiko-bashi (drum bridge) over the Shinji-ike pond and wisteria in full bloom at Kameido Tenjin shrine in Tokyo. This is one of the many photographs from this period, which were patterned after ukiyo-e woodblock prints. This photograph follows a 1865 print, Inside Kameido Tenshin Shrine by Hiroshige Ando and others.