Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Kwakwaka'wakw house post on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040366
Item
1969 or 1970

A Kwakwaka'wakw house post from the Museum of Anthropology on display for the Northwest coast exhibit of "Man and His World" in Montréal.

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".

A House post figure in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040506
Item
1969 or 1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

A House post figure in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

A House post figure in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040508
Item
1969 or 1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

A House post figure in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Poles in the new Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-A-a040638
Item
1976

Part of MOA General Media collection

Poles laid out or standing up in the new Museum of Anthropology building during the process of moving in.

House posts being moved into the new Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-A-a040644
Item
1976

Part of MOA General Media collection

House posts laid out or standing in the new Museum of Anthropology building during the process of moving in.

House posts being moved into the new Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-A-a040645
Item
1976

Part of MOA General Media collection

House posts laid out or standing in the new Museum of Anthropology building during the process of moving in.

House posts in the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-C-a041529
Item
1976?

Part of MOA General Media collection

House posts on display in the entranceway of the Museum of Anthropology.

House post on display in the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-C-a041557
Item
1976?

Part of MOA General Media collection

A house post on display in the Museum of Anthropology.

View of the Great Hall

132-1-C-C-a041567
Item
1976?

Part of MOA General Media collection

View of the Great Hall in the Museum of Anthropology. Several house posts and totem poles are visible.

Interior house post

132-1-C-C-a041638
Item
1956?

Part of MOA General Media collection

Image of a bear shaped interior house post. This appears to be a house post that was transferred from Hope Island to the Museum of Anthropology in 1956.

Vincent Massey being shown a house board

132-1-C-C-a041375
Item
23-Jul-56

Part of MOA General Media collection

Vincent Massey and others examining the Tsimalano house board at the University of British Columbia. Persons in this photo include beginning from viewer's far left: Norman MacKenzie, Sherwood Lett, Vincent Massey, Harry Hawthorn.

Detail of a house post

132-1-C-E-a042751
Item
[1958?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Detail of a house post from the Museum of Anthropology's collection.

House frontal totem poles in situ

132-1-C-E-a042805
Item
[1947?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

House frontal totem poles in situ near Fort Rupert. These were removed and stood in Totem Park at U.B.C. for several years before they were transferred to the new Museum of Anthropology.