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Old house posts, Hope Island

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)."

Old woman at Gold Harbour

Image depicts an elderly woman seated on the ground with a number of metal vessels. In the background is a seated man wrapped in a blanket. Photograph was taken at Moresby Island in Haida Gwaii, B. C. Printed around the border of the image is the photographer information "PHOTOGRAPHED BY R. MAYNARD, VICTORIA, . . . B. C." Handwritten inscription on the border reads "Old Woman at Gold Harbour". Printed on the verso is the photographer information with the inscription "R. Maynard, Photographic Artist, AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS, COR. OF DOUGLAS AND JOHNSON STS., VICTORIA, B. C. -- Views of British Columbia and Vancouver Island for Sale." A handwritten inscription reads "Natives - Gold Harbour".

Out of the Silence

Image of 2 of the 4 weavings that comprise Out of the Silence on display at the Vancouver International Airport. The weavings were made by Musqueam artists Krista Point, Robyn Sparrow, Debra Sparrow, Gina Grant and Helen Callbreath.

Pecked bedrock sandstone petroglyph

Item is a close-up image of a petroglyph pecked on a sandstone rock with smaller rocks on the side, probably in a beach area. According to annotations, image was taken by E. F. Meade. Original slide included numbers 93 and 17.

Pecked bedrock sandstone petroglyph

Item is a close-up image of a petroglyph pecked bedrock sandstone with smaller rocks on the side, probably in a beach area. According to annotations, image was taken by E. F. Meade. Original slide included number 14.

Pecked boulder

Item is an image of a rock with petroglyphs, surrounded by smaller rocks and stones, probably in a beach area. According to annotations, petroglyphs were pecked on beach boulder, and image was taken by E. F. Meade. Original slide included number 22.

Pecked boulder

Item is an image of a rock with petroglyphs, surrounded by smaller rocks and stones, probably in a beach area. According to annotations, image is of a pecked boulder and was taken by E. F. Meade. Original slide included numbers 32 and 13.

Pecked chalked petroglyph

Item is a close-up of a rock with petroglyphs and trees in the background. According to annotations, image was taken by E. F. Meade. Original slide included number 30.

Pecked faces petroglyph

Item is a close-up image of petroglyphs. According to annotations, image is of pecked faces and was taken by E. F. Meade.

Pecked in granite, chalked petroglyph

Item is a close-up image of a chalked petroglyph. According to annotations, image is of a chalked pecked head on granite and was taken by E. F. Meade. Original slide included number 3545.

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