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An image of a child holding a traditional First Nation mask. According to the documentation included with the filmstrip, the description of the image states "Sheila Jules operates the mouth in a decorative Raven mask hanging in her home."

Item is a photograph showing a Raven Pole. To the left are a figure of a man and wife, and a dog.

Item is a hand-tinted glass lantern slide of twenty children and one adult holding house pennants with the names "Robins" and "Ravens" and shields in front of a building. Item is a duplicated of item no. S7-60, fonds 008 Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada (MSCC) fonds, from the Anglican Church of Canada General Synod Archives. According to description from the Anglican Church of Canada General Synod Archives, Ravens (senior girls) and Robins (junior girls) pose with the shields won in intramural competition. The Anglican Church established a day school at its mission in Alert Bay, British Columbia in 1878. It opened a small boarding school there in 1882 and an industrial school in 1894. In 1929, a new building was constructed. The school was known for the arts and crafts produced by the students and the two large totem poles in front of the school building. In 1947, two-dozen children ran away from the school. The subsequent investigation into conditions at the school led to the resignation of both the principal and the vice-principal. By 1969, when the federal government assumed administration of the school, all residents were attending local schools. The residence closed in 1974. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Mortuary House frontal pole by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer (1960-61) moved from Totem Park to MOA in 1978.

Mortuary House frontal pole by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer (1960-61) moved from Totem Park to MOA in 1978.

Double mortuary pole by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer (1960-61). Moved from Totem Park to MOA in 1978.

The Wasgo is a monster of Haida legend that had the ability to transform between wolf and sea creature. Carved and painted by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer in 1962.

MOA Object ID numbers correspond to poles in the image from left to right.

A50030 carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer (1961-62) as the frontal pole for the front of the Haida house, at the University of British Columbia, for display in Totem Park. Moved to the new Museum of Anthropology grounds in 1978. Pole was removed from the Haida House in 2000-09 and placed in a greenhouse tent for conservation treatment and drying. Pole was then re-raised in the Great Hall of the Museum on Oct. 31, 2002.

An image of a beach shore with woodland in the background. According to the documentation included with the filmstrip, the description of the image states "The beach at Rugged Point is a good place to swim, beach comb, and picnic."

An image of four boats in the water, mountains and woods in the background. According to the documentation included with the filmstrip, the description of the image states "Trolling for salmon in Kyuquot Sound. Why do the boats have their poles down?"

Image of Kingcome resident holding a mask carved by the late chief Willie Seaweed of Blunden Harbour. A colour version of this image is printed on page 49 of Carter's book From History's Locker.

An image showing two young men sitting on a boat filled with shipping parcels. According to the documentation included with the filmstrip, the description of the image states "School supplies have arrived on the Patsco. Paul Vincent and Leo Jack bring them from the fuel wharf to the school wharf."

An image of a man in a diver wet suit, wearing googles and oxygen tank. According to the documentation included with the filmstrip, the description of the image states "Tony will untangle a roap wrapped around a fish boat propeller."