Museum grounds facing future site of Haida house
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A photograph of the museum grounds facing the future site of the Haida house and Mortuary house. An unidentified man stands in the foreground.
Northwest coast leather templates
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Leather templates, used to trace consistent shapes on carvings and paintings. This photograph may be from an exhibit at the old Museum of Anthropology dealing with Northwest coast technology.
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".
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".
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".
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".
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".
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".
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".
The mortuary house being reassembled
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Image shows the mortuary house while it was being reassembled.
The mortuary house being reassembled
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Image shows the mortuary house while it was being reassembled.
The mortuary house being reassembled
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Image shows the mortuary house while it was being reassembled.
Totem pole and house at Old Kasaan
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Image of an old house and totem pole belonging to Chief Son-i-hat at Old Kasaan. This photograph is likely from a book by Marius Barbeau or Edward Linnaeus Keithahn.
Totem pole in the Museum of Anthropology
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Totem pole on display in the Museum of Anthropology.
Totem poles and houses at Skedans
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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 on the ground with poles standing in the background
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Totem poles laid out on the ground for the construction of the Haida and mortuary houses. Two totem poles stand in the background.
Two men recovering a house post from SG̱ang Gwaay (Anthony Island)
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Two men recovering a house post from SG̱ang Gwaay (Anthony Island). This work was part of the "Ninstints Expedition" to recover eleven totem poles from the area.
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View of what is now called the Bill Reid Rotunda. Instead of Raven and The First Men on display here, a Haida house frontal totem pole is on display. This pole was transferred to the Museum of Anthropology from Tanoo in 1954.
View of the Great Hall from Gallery 3
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View of the Great Hall from Gallery 3 (now known as the O'Brian Gallery).