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Two Sxwayxwey dancers wearing masks
Part of MOA General Media collection
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.
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Display for the exhibit "Northwest Coast themes and variations." Shows several items featuring the killer whale including a drum, two masks, two feast dishes, rattles, model totem poles, and other objects.
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."
Songhees Dancing Sxwayxwey in front of a crowd near Victoria
Part of MOA General Media collection
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."
Recording of potlatch whistles and a short narrative by Robert Davidson
Part of MOA General Media collection
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.
Raising the Mungo Martin Memorial Pole
Part of MOA General Media collection
A group of people gather for the raising of the Mungo Martin Memorial Pole. A number of them prepare to pull it up.
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".
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 Pole Raising in Alert Bay
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The Mungo Martin memorial pole having just been raised in Alert Bay.
Mungo Martin Pole Raising in Alert Bay
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The Mungo Martin memorial pole about to be 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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This is a photograph by Edward S. Curtis.
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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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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".
Part of MOA General Media collection
Image of the large feast dish made by artist Charlie James. Uncertain date or relation to exhibits. Possibly for exhibit "Northwest Coast Indian Art."
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.
Detail of the Mungo Martin Memorial pole
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A close up image of the Mungo Martin Memorial pole during the raising ceremony in Alert Bay.
Detail of the Mungo Martin Memorial pole
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A detail of the Mungo Martin memorial pole before it was raised in Alert Bay.