Ninstints (?), totem pole or house post
- 51-01-35-a039832
- Item
- 1957
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Ninstints (?), totem pole or house post
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Ninstints (?), totem pole or house post
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Ninstints 1957 [house remains]
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Ninstints, 1957, house remains
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Dilapidated house with totem pole in foreground
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of two old house posts on Hope Island, BC. The post on the right appears to be the same as a post now housed at the Museum of Anthropology, that was collected from Hope Island in 1956. Both posts feature a human figure with large eyes. On one post, the figure is holding a small face near its waist. On the other post, the figure is holding what appears to be an animal of some kind. The Museum of Anthropology's website provides the following description of the posts: "The posts of the unfinished house of Ha'm'cit were carved by a man from Smith Inlet called Si.wit who moved to Xu'mtaspi and married Tom Omhyid's mother. Ha'm'cit died before the house was finished. (Information provided to Prof. Wilson Duff by Mungo Martin). The artist's potlatch name was P'aczsmaxw. Wayne Suttles places the Xu'mtaspi village as Nahwitti, in historic times, however it was occupied jointly by the Nahwitti, the Yalhinuxw, and the Noqemqilisala (of Hanson Lagoon)."
Packed items and a house post in the old Museum of Anthropology
Part of MOA General Media collection
Image of a house post and several packed boxes, likely in preparation for moving to the new museum. Photograph may have been taken by Ria Rowe.
Poles in the new Museum of Anthropology
Part of MOA General Media collection
Poles laid out or standing up in the new Museum of Anthropology building during the process of moving in.
Potlatch items on display in Montréal
Part of MOA General Media collection
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
Part of MOA General Media collection
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
Part of MOA General Media collection
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
Preparations being made to move house posts from Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building.
Part of MOA General Media collection
Detail of a house post from the Museum of Anthropology's collection.
(Replica) Kwakiutl housepost #5, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.
Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds
Rudy Kovach and Anthony Carter in the Great Hall
Part of MOA General Media collection
Two men, possibly Rudy Kovach and Anthony Carter, stand near a house frontal totem pole newly installed in the Museum of Anthropology.
Rudy Kovach and Anthony Carter in the Great Hall
Part of MOA General Media collection
Two men, possibly Rudy Kovach and Anthony Carter, stand near a house frontal totem pole newly installed in the Museum of Anthropology.
School group at the Museum of Anthropology
Part of MOA General Media collection
School group in the Great Hall at the Museum of Anthropology.
School group at the Museum of Anthropology
Part of MOA General Media collection
School group in the Great Hall at the Museum of Anthropology.