Children being photographed on the Wasgo sculpture
- 132-1-C-C-a041535
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- 1976?
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Children being photographed playing on the Wasgo in the Great Hall of the Museum of Anthropology.
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Children being photographed on the Wasgo sculpture
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Children being photographed playing on the Wasgo in the Great Hall of the Museum of Anthropology.
Construction of the Haida House in Totem Park
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Construction of the Haida House at Totem Park. The man standing on the roof on the viewer's left may be Doug Cranmer while the man near the house on the viewer's right appears to be Bill Reid.
Construction of the Haida House in Totem Park
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Construction of the Haida House at Totem Park. The man standing on the roof on the viewer's left may be Doug Cranmer while the man near the house on the viewer's right appears to be Bill Reid.
Double mortuary pole at totem park
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Double mortuary pole carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer standing in totem park at UBC.
Doug Cranmer and Bill Reid carving
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Doug Cranmer and Bill Reid carving at UBC for the Haida House complex at Totem Park. Based on the length of this log, this may have been the beginnings of the Wasgo sculpture.
Doug Cranmer standing on the Haida House
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Doug Cranmer guiding a pole into place on the Haida House roof.
Haida house and mortuary house being reassembled
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Image shows the Haida and mortuary houses while they were being reassembled during relocation from Totem Park.
Haida house and mortuary house being reassembled
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Image shows the Haida and mortuary houses while they were being reassembled during relocation from Totem Park.
Haida house and mortuary house being reassembled
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Image shows the Haida and mortuary houses while they were being reassembled during relocation from Totem Park.
Haida house and mortuary house being reassembled
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Image shows the Haida and mortuary houses while they were being reassembled during relocation from Totem Park.
Haida House and Mortuary House under construction
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The Haida House and Mortuary House under construction in their original locations in Totem Park.
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Haida house, a house frontal totem pole, a mortuary pole, and the Wasgo sculpture, standing in Totem Park.
House post in situ on Anthony Island
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Members of the B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee, Bill Reid (wearing aht) and Wilson Duff, inspecting a house post on Anthony Island. This house post was removed and brought to the Museum of Anthropology.
Inge Ruus and Anthony Carter posing with wasgo sculpture in the new Museum of Anthropology
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Inge Ruus and Anthony Carter posing with the wasgo sculpture by Bill Reid. Museum of Anthropology building.
Inge Ruus and Anthony Carter posing with wasgo sculpture in the new Museum of Anthropology
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Inge Ruus and Anthony Carter posing with the Wasgo sculpture by Bill Reid. Museum of Anthropology building.
Interview with Bill Reid about Celebration of the Raven Part 1
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Item is the first of a three part sound recording of an interview with Bill Reid about the origins of his carving The Raven and the First Men, located at MOA. The interviewer is unknown. During the interview Bill Reid discusses how the sculpture was the result of a highly collaborative process involving other artists, his impression of the location of the carving in MOA, and his working relationship with Walter C. Koerner who commissioned the sculpture. He lastly discusses his representation and interpretation of the Haida legend that the carving is based on. This recording is part of Celebration of the Raven which documented the creation of the Raven and the First Men Sculpture, its relocation to the Museum of Anthropology, and the unveiling by the Prince of Wales in 1982.
Interview with Bill Reid about Celebration of the Raven Part 2
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Item is the second of a three part sound recording of an interview with Bill Reid about the origins of his carving The Raven and the First Men, located at MOA. The interviewer is unknown. During the interview he discusses how the sculpture was the result of a highly collaborative process involving other artists, his impression of the location of the carving in MOA, and his working relationship with Walter C. Koerner who commissioned the sculpture. He lastly discusses his representation and interpreation of the Haida legend that the carving is based on. This recording is part of Celebration of the Raven which documented the creation of the Raven and the First Men Sculpture, its relocation to the Museum of Anthropology, and the unveiling by the Prince of Wales in 1982.
Interview with Bill Reid about Celebration of the Raven Part 3
Part of MOA General Media collection
Item is the third of a three part sound recording of an interview with Bill Reid about the origins of his carving The Raven and the First Men, located at MOA. The interviewer is unknown. During the interview, Bill Reid discusses symbolism in the carving. This recording is part of Celebration of the Raven which documented the creation of the Raven and the First Men Sculpture, its relocation to the Museum of Anthropology, and the unveiling by the Prince of Wales in 1982.
Lecture by Haida artist Bill Reid
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Item is an audio recording of a lecture by Haida artist Bill Reid, who discusses the transition in Northwest West Coast art from its primarily ceremonial function within First Nations society to the present day when, in his words, art is made almost exclusively for sale to the non-Indian community. The recording is Lecture #8 in the University of British Columbia's Center for Continuing Education Lecture Series on Traditions of North West Coast Indian Culture.
Memorial pole by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer
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In the foreground is the memorial pole by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer. The newly constructed Haida and mortuary houses are in the background with other totem poles.