Totem poles and houses at Skedans
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- [19--?]
Parte deMOA General Media collection
Totem poles and houses said to be at Skedans. This image may be from a book by Marius Barbeau or Edward Linnaeus Keithahn.
Totem poles and houses at Skedans
Parte deMOA General Media collection
Totem poles and houses said to be at Skedans. This image may be from a book by Marius Barbeau or Edward Linnaeus Keithahn.
Parte deMOA General Media collection
Image of a bentwood box by Charles Edenshaw. This photograph may be from an exhibit at the old Museum of Anthropology dealing with Northwest coast technology.
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Dishes on display for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
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Dishes on display for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
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Dishes on display for the Museum of Anthropology's 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".
Backdrop and some items from the potlatch display in Montréal
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An image of the backdrop and a few items from the potlatch display done by the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
Argillite figures on display in Montréal
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Argillite figures on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
Model totem pole on display in Montréal
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Model totem pole on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
Argillite sculptures in the winter dance room
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Argillite sculptures in the winter dance room as part of the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
Argillite sculptures in the winter dance room
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Argillite sculptures in the winter dance room as part of the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
Painting equipment on display in Montréal
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Painting equipment on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
House posts in the new Museum of Anthropology
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House posts stand in the new Museum of Anthropology during the process of moving in.
Wasgo sculpture on display in Montréal
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A Wasgo sculpture from the Museum of Anthropology on display in Montréal for the Northwest coast exhibit of "Man and His World".
Several dishes on display in Montréal
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Several dishes on display for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
Bear, wolf and frog totem pole, Anthony Island
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Image of a totem pole on Anthony Island, Haida Gwaii. This appears to be a pole now housed at the Museum of Anthropology (museum item #A50018). This museum item is described as follows: "Base section of a wooden pole, crescent-shaped in cross section and carved in shallow and deep relief. From the top down: a large seated bear with a small wolf between and in its ears and a downward facing frog emerging from the bear’s mouth. In between its arms and legs is a downward facing wolf... Stood outside at the center of the Mountain House, which belonged to the lineage of 'Those Born in the Southern Part of the Islands' of the Eagle Moiety of the Kunghit Haida. Stood near the centre of the village facing the beach along a small bay on the east side of Anthony Island. Island and village also called Skunggwai, or Red Cod Island."
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Parte deHarry 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."
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Totem pole in forest, Anthony Island
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