Image of a bear shaped interior house post. This appears to be a house post that was transferred from Hope Island to the Museum of Anthropology in 1956.
Image of interior house posts in an abandoned settlement. These appear to be the house posts that were transported from Hope Island to the Museum of Anthropology in 1956.
Gillian Darling wearing a cardboard mask that appears to have been made from packing materials. This photograph was taken as the museum was being packed up for moving to the new Museum of Anthropology building.
Masks in what appears to be the office in the Museum of Anthropology's old location in the library basement. The office is clearly being packed up to be moved to the new Museum of Anthropology building.
Students packing items in the Museum of Anthropology's old location in the library basement. This would have been in preparation for moving to the Museum's new location.
Packing Chinese hairpins in the Museum of Anthropology's old location in the library basement. These materials were used to pack items to be moved to the museum's new location.
Series of Haida Mortuary poles from SGang Gwaay photographed by Charles F. Newcombe in 1901. The third pole from the left was taken down in 1957 and held at the University of British Columbia and the Museum of Anthropology. In 2009 it was taken down from the Great Hall in the Museum of Anthropology and placed into massive carving storage in preparation for repatriation to the Haida nation.
Totem pole standing in situ at Kitwancool. It was later removed and taken to the University of British Columbia. It currently stands in the Great Hall at the Museum of Anthropology.
House frontal totem pole being lowered on Tanu Island in 1954. This pole was cut into four sections and is displayed in these sections at the Museum of Anthropology.
