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Item is a colour image of Bill Reid watching memorial pole being raised in the Haida Village at Totem Park at the University of British Columbia (UBC)

Item is a colour image of Bill Reid watching memorial pole being raised in the Haida Village at Totem Park at the University of British Columbia (UBC)

Item is a colour image of Bill Reid observing the construction of the Haida house at the Haida Village at Totem Park at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The Memorial Pole appears on the left; the Double Mortuary Pole appears on the right

Image of carving by Bill Reid, 7waasru (Wasgo). The carving was commissioned by the University of British Columbia for display in Totem Park, originally. The sculpture was moved to the Museum of Anthropology in 1978.

Image is of Doreen Jensen and Bill Reid conversing, post-ceremony. Unidentified persons mill about near table with cedar bark. Bill McLennan far right.

Bill Reid's bear sculpture. This item was commissioned by Walter C. Koerner in 1963 and later donated to the University of British Columbia.

Bill Reid's bear sculpture. This item was commissioned by Walter C. Koerner in 1963 and later donated to the University of British Columbia.

Image of an Bill Reid's bear sculpture, taken at the University of British Columbia. This sculpture is part of MOA's object collection.

Dr. Walter Koerner commissioned Reid to make this sculpture for his personal collection. It was originally commissioned for his backyard garden, but Koerner decided it looked too large for the space so he donated it to UBC. It was installed on the UBC campus in 1963, in the woods near International House. A bronze plaque made for that location reads: Haida Bear by Bill Reid Presented to UBC by Walter C. Koerner 1963. At some point, after the new Museum building was built, the bear was transferred to MOA and moved indoors.

Section of a house frontal totem pole carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer for the Haida House complex at Totem Park.

Section of the mortuary totem pole carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer for the Haida House complex at Totem Park.

Image is of Bill Reid standing in front of the canoe log and delivering his address at the welcome ceremony.

Image is of Bill Reid holding a piece of paper during his address at the welcome ceremony.

Section of a memorial totem pole carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer for the Haida House complex in Totem Park.

Image features a profile view of Bill Reid using a traditional, well-sharpened tool, called adze to cut away the outer the sap wood of a log. The adze appears blurred as he is about to strike the log.

Children being photographed playing on the Wasgo in the Great Hall of the Museum of Anthropology.

Item is a colour image of the construction of the Haida house at the Haida Village at Totem Park at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The Memorial Pole appears on the left; the House frontal post appears in the centre; disassembled Wasgo appears on the right

Item is a colour image of the construction of the Haida house at the Haida Village at Totem Park at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The Memorial Pole appears on the left; disassembled Wasgo appears in the centre; the House frontal post appears in the centre; the Double Mortuary Pole appears on the right. A woman and young child appear in the left foreground

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 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.

Image is of Doreen Jensen and Bill Reid conversing with unidentified persons near canoe log.