Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

132-1-C-A-a040295
Item
November 13, 1914

This photograph, taken by Edward S. Curtis, shows a Kwakwaka'wakw wedding party. The Bride is Abayah, who is marrying her first husband. She later married Mungo Martin.

Raising the Mungo Martin Memorial Pole

132-1-C-A-a040325
Item
1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

A group of people gather for the raising of the Mungo Martin Memorial Pole. A number of them prepare to pull it up.

Detail of the Mungo Martin Memorial pole

132-1-C-A-a040327
Item
1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

A close up image of the Mungo Martin Memorial pole during the raising ceremony in Alert Bay.

Mungo Martin Pole Raising in Alert Bay

132-1-C-A-a040346
Item
1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

The Mungo Martin memorial pole having just been raised in Alert Bay.

Mungo Martin Pole Raising in Alert Bay

132-1-C-A-a040347
Item
1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

The Mungo Martin memorial pole about to be raised in Alert Bay.

Detail of the Mungo Martin Memorial pole

132-1-C-A-a040348
Item
1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

A detail of the Mungo Martin memorial pole just after being raised in Alert Bay.

Detail of the Mungo Martin Memorial pole

132-1-C-A-a040349
Item
1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

A detail of the Mungo Martin memorial pole before it was raised in Alert Bay.

Mungo Martin Pole Raising in Alert Bay

132-1-C-A-a040350
Item
1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

The Mungo Martin memorial pole having just been raised in Alert Bay.

Ceremony for the Mungo Martin memorial pole rasing

132-1-C-A-a040351
Item
1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

Elders perform the ceremony for the raising of the Mungo Martin memorial pole in Alert Bay.

Ceremony for the Mungo Martin memorial pole rasing

132-1-C-A-a040352
Item
1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

Elders perform the ceremony for the raising of the Mungo Martin memorial pole in Alert Bay.

Mungo Martin memorial pole before being raised

132-1-C-A-a040353
Item
1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

The Mungo Martin memorial pole being prepared to be raised in Alert Bay.

Ceremony for the Mungo Martin memorial pole rasing

132-1-C-A-a040360
Item
1969 or 1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

Elders perform the ceremony for the raising of the Mungo Martin memorial pole in Alert Bay.

Potlatch items on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040408
Item
1969 or 1970

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

132-1-C-A-a040412
Item
1969 or 1970

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

132-1-C-A-a040413
Item
1969 or 1970

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".

Backdrop and some items from the potlatch display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040414
Item
1969 or 1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

An image of the backdrop and a few items from the potlatch display done by the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Items on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040435
Item
1969 or 1970

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".

A display of items to be given away at a potlatch

132-1-C-C-a041606
Item
[between 1897-1933]

Part of MOA General Media collection

This photograph, originally taken by William or Jean Halliday, shows a display of items to be given away at a potlatch in Alert Bay. The caption for the slide gives the date as 1910 but the BC Archives lists the date for this photograph as between 1897 and 1933. This photograph is housed at the BC Archives, #H-03976.