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Portrait of two men in ceremonial dress, one of whom is holding a carved and painted stick. The men are standing in front of a painted board and sheet, in a filed in Alert Bay, BC. Based on the content of related images in this file, this photograph was likely taken at an outdoor event and/or salmon barbecue.

Photograph of dancers at an outdoor event in Alert Bay, BC.

Photograph of dancers at an outdoor event in Alert Bay, BC.

Photograph of a man wearing a mask, at an outdoor event in Alert Bay, BC.

A man and female child pose with a patriotically decorated bicycle that includes a de jure flag. The child wears a headband and some native clothing. Other people, a pickup truck, and a building are visible in the background.

Item is a photograph of a procession of people (men, women, children) in ceremonial dress (button blankets, headdresses) walking away from the ferry terminal dock [?] in Alert Bay. The procession is led by Mungo Martin and Daisy Neel. A man dressed in regular clothes, smoking a pipe looks on from the left.

Item is a photograph of three young women, and two young girls standing in ceremonial dress (button blankets; carved and painted [wolf?] mask; and headdresses made of woven cedar, weasel(?), abalone, and eagle feathers). They are gathered for an event celebrating British Columbia's centennial in Alert Bay in 1958. Daisy Neel is in the centre wearing the frontlet and her twin sisters are the young girls in front of her. Emma Sewid [Seewid; Seaweed?] and Mabel Sewid [Seewid; Seaweed?] are on either sides of them.

Masks and headdresses on display. The caption for this image says that the display is at the Vancouver Centennial Museum but the images looks more like a display from Man and His World in Montréal.

Chilkat blanket from the Museum of Anthropology on display at the Vancouver Centennial Museum for its opening exhibition.

Pioneer display from the Vancouver Centennial Museum's opening exhibition. This exhibition was curated by the Museum of Anthropology.

Pioneer display from the Vancouver Centennial Museum's opening exhibition. This exhibition was curated by the Museum of Anthropology.

Kitchen implements from the pioneer gallery of the Vancouver Centennial Museum's opening exhibition. This exhibition was curated by the Museum of Anthropology.

Pioneer gallery from the Vancouver Centennial Museum's opening exhibition. This exhibition was curated by the Museum of Anthropology.

Saddle from the pioneer gallery of the Vancouver Centennial Museum's opening exhibition. This exhibition was curated by the Museum of Anthropology.

Pioneer gallery from the Vancouver Centennial Museum's opening exhibition. This exhibition was curated by the Museum of Anthropology.

Boardwalk display from the Vancouver Centennial Museum's opening exhibition. This exhibition was curated by the Museum of Anthropology.

Victorian pantry display from the Vancouver Centennial Museum's opening exhibition. This exhibition was curated by the Museum of Anthropology.