Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

[Carved house post] Kwakiutl Northern Heiltsuk Owikeno

132-1-A-2005.001.161
Stuk
1952

Part of MOA General Media collection

Item is a series of three similar photographs of the same anthropomorphic carved house post.

Zonder titel

House post figures flank a door frame in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040503
Stuk
1969 or 1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

House post figures flank a door frame in Montréal

A House post figure in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040507
Stuk
1969 or 1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

A House post figure in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

House panel and figures in the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-C-a041518
Stuk
1976?

Part of MOA General Media collection

House board (Tsimalano) and grave figures on display in the approach to the Great Hall in the Museum of Anthropology. This photograph was likely taken shortly after items were moved into the new location for the museum.

House posts in the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-C-a041519
Stuk
1976?

Part of MOA General Media collection

House posts on display in the Museum of Anthropology. This photograph was likely taken shortly after items were moved into the new location for the museum.

House post in the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-C-a041524
Stuk
1976?

Part of MOA General Media collection

A house post along the ramp of the Museum of Anthropology. This item was transferred from Ninstints in 1957.

House post and bentwood boxes in the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-C-a041526
Stuk
1976?

Part of MOA General Media collection

A house post and several bentwood boxes along the ramp of the Museum of Anthropology. The house post was transferred from Ninstints to the University of British Columbia in 1957.

House posts on display in the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-C-a041528
Stuk
1976?

Part of MOA General Media collection

House posts on display in the Museum of Anthropology. These items were transferred to the Museum from Hope Island in 1956.

House post on display in the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-C-a041558
Stuk
1976?

Part of MOA General Media collection

A house post on display in the Museum of Anthropology.

Detail of a house post on display in the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-C-a041559
Stuk
1976?

Part of MOA General Media collection

Detail of a house post on display in the Museum of Anthropology.

View of the Great Hall

132-1-C-C-a041566
Stuk
1976?

Part of MOA General Media collection

View of the Great Hall in the Museum of Anthropology. Several house posts and totem poles are visible.

Drawing of house posts and frames

132-1-C-C-a041633
Stuk
[19--?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Drawing of house posts and a house frame said to be from Cape Mudge. This image may have been used in a book by Marius Barbeau or Edward Linnaeus Keithahn.

House frontal totem pole

132-1-C-C-a041637
Stuk
1956?

Part of MOA General Media collection

A house frontal totem pole said to be from Oweekeno. This appears to be the totem pole that was taken from Rivers Inlet to the Museum of Anthropology in 1956, as part of the B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee.

Vincent Massey being shown a house board

132-1-C-C-a041376
Stuk
23-Jul-56

Part of MOA General Media collection

Vincent Massey and others examining the Tsimalano house board at the University of British Columbia. Persons in this photo include beginning from viewer's far left: Norman MacKenzie, Sherwood Lett, Vincent Massey, Harry Hawthorn.

Interior of the Great Hall

132-1-C-C-a041771
Stuk
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

View of the Interior of the Great Hall of the Museum of Anthropology.

Vincent Massey being shown a house board

132-1-C-C-a041388
Stuk
23-Jul-56

Part of MOA General Media collection

Vincent Massey and others examining the Tsimalano house board at the University of British Columbia. Persons in this photo include beginning from viewer's far left: Norman MacKenzie, Sherwood Lett, Vincent Massey, Harry Hawthorn.

Harry Hawthorn and an unidentified man

132-1-C-E-a042591
Stuk
[ca. 1948]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Harry Hawthorn and an unidentified man holding a house post figure. This photograph was likely taken around the time the object was acquired, in 1948.