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Unidentified man, pole raising, Haida Gwaii

Unidentified man, pole raising, Haida Gwaii

Image taken at a pole raising ceremony in Masset. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. Image shows a man speaking at the pole raising. He is not identified, but it is likely Chief Weah (Willie Matthews).

Anthony Carter

U.B.C. Museum

U.B.C. Museum

Image of a close-up of a totem pole at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC

Anthony Carter

U.B.C. Museum

U.B.C. Museum

Image of a close-up image of a totem pole at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC

Anthony Carter

U.B.C. Museum

U.B.C. Museum

Image of a close-up of a totem pole at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC

Anthony Carter

U.B.C. Museum

U.B.C. Museum

Image of a close-up image of a totem pole at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC

Anthony Carter

U.B.C. Museum

U.B.C. Museum

Image of a close-up image of a totem pole at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC

Anthony Carter

U.B.C. Museum

U.B.C. Museum

Image of a close-up image of a totem pole at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC

Anthony Carter

Two totem poles in a field

Two totem poles in a field

Image depicts two totem poles in an open area. Pole on image left resembles a pole carved by Tony Hunt, Calvin Hunt, Peter Knox, and John Livingston in 1976 as a memorial for Johnathan Hunt. It features Raven, Man Holding a Copper, Sun Holding a Copper, and Killer Whale.

Two totem poles

Two totem poles

Image depicts two poles standing in an open area. The front pole features a human-like creature on visible portion. The back pole also includes a human figure at the bottom with an owl on top. The figures on the bottom may be crest figures (Leading In or Halfway Out) or a Man of the Wild. Read's note suggests that one of these may be a Pole of Hrkyadet at Kispiox.

Tsimshian

File contains images of Tsimshian artifacts housed in museums in British Columbia and in what is now known as the Canadian Museum of History. The file also contains images of Tsimshian villages along the Nass River, and historical photos of Tsimshian peoples.

Tsilhqot'in/Secwepemc/Stl'al'lmx/Nlaka'pamux

The majority of the file contains historical images of the Tsilhqot'in, Secwepemc, Stl'al'lmx, and the Nlaka'pamux peoples. The photographs depict village life, including images of building structures in the BC interior, fish processing techniques such as fish drying, and carvings such as mortuary poles. Some of the images also depict First Nations people, some in regalia. The other images are official photographs taken by various museums in Canadian and American museums of Tsilhqot'in, Secwepemc, Stl'al'lmx, or Nlaka'pamux artifacts. The textual records contained in this file consist of a photocopy of a magazine article titled "Upstairs, downstairs: the early years," written by Heather Pringle, and published in the June 1996 (Volume 111, number 5) edition of the magazine Saturday Night.

Town at the head of the inlet

Town at the head of the inlet

Item is a series of two photographs showing the rooftops of houses and a totem pole in the foreground. The pole is known as the Nispiq Pole. It belonged to Chief Simon Walkus, Sr. and tells of the origins of the Wuikinuxv people.

C. MacKay

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