File contains photocopied images of Haida and Nuxalk masks housed at the Pitt Rivers Museum. Other textual records include information on featured Northwest Coast masks and correspondence between McLennan and the museum. The photographs contain images of masks and other Northwest Coast artifacts such as hats, combs, and carvings housed at Pitt Rivers Museum.
Item is a negative showing a group of monks dressed in masks and robes, situated around a wooden post. Some appear to be holding a drum. There are groups of people seated in front of a large wall, watching the monks in the background.
Item is a negative showing three men posing for the camera. The man in the centre, the abbot, is wearing an elaborate head piece and robe. The man to his left is wearing a mask. There is a building in the background.
Photograph of a group of people in ceremonial dress standing on a dock in Alert Bay, BC. Most are looking away from the camera, toward a boat next to the dock.
Image is of a display of artifacts which includes masks, wood carvings, culinary vessels and implements, and ornaments. Masks appear to be primarily from Northwest Coast cultural groups. On the right is a mounted costume which may be Inuit reindeer skin garments.
Image is of a display of artifacts which appear to be primarily from Northwest Coast cultural groups. Artifacts include masks, woven baskets and hats. On the right is a mounted costume which may be Inuit reindeer skin garments. On the bottom of the display are the words "INDIAN CURIOUS THINGS".
Image is of a display of artifacts which appear to be primarily from Northwest Coast cultural groups. Artifacts include textiles, woven baskets, kayak paddles, and cooking implements.
File consists of correspondence from 1966 and 1967 between Wilson Duff and K.O.L. Burridge, of the Pitt Rivers Museum, regarding Haida potlatch masks. Included is correspondence from 1902 between Franz Boas and E.B. Tylor, which notes a discussion between Charles Edenshaw and John Swanton. The file also consists of b&w photos of the masks and the article "The Haidas," from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, dated June-November 1882.
File mainly contains historical images of the Heiltsuk, Nuxalk, and Wuikinuxv First Nations. These images depict village life, architecture and house posts, and regalia. The file contains images of a group of Nuxalk who traveled to Berlin to perform there. Images that are not historical depict a ceremony happening in the Great Hall at UBC MOA, unidentified artists working on a set of drawings, and what appears to be the Acwsalcta High School in Bella Coola. Non textual records include photocopies of photographs, and photocopies of museum catalogue cards.
Item is a photograph of four men dancing in ceremonial dress (button blankets, carved [eagle?] mask with cedar strips) performing a ceremonial dance in front of a crowd of on-lookers. The man second from the left is Willie Sewid [Seaweed; Seewid?].
Item is a photograph of a crowd of people in ceremonial dress and regular clothes watching two people performing a mask dance. One person wears a crooked beak [four-faced?] mask while the other is wearing a button blanket and headdress. Willie Seewid [Seaweed; Sewid?] is the man on the left looking at the dancer - noted by William Wasden Jr., 2005/02/22.
Item is a photograph of two men performing a dance while a crowd watches. The man on the right in ceremonial dress (button blanket, cedar bark headdress) is Willie Seewid [Seaweed; Sewid?], who carved the crooked beak mask with cedar strips that is worn by the other dancer on the left.
File contains copies of correspondence between David Cunningham and the K'omoks First Nation regarding a mask that was lent to a travelling exhibit titled "Written in the Earth".