Item is a photograph of: Back row, from left: Jack Hanuse and George Alfred Middle row, from left: Nora Alfred (later married Arthur Dick) and Mary Alfred (later married Jack Hanuse) Front: Hazel Alfred (nee Hunt) Information supplied by Elders from Alert Bay in January 2001
Item is a photograph of: Back row, from left: Jack Hanuse and George Alfred Middle row, from left: Nora Alfred (later married Arthur Dick) and Mary Alfred (later married Jack Hanuse) Front: Hazel Alfred (nee Hunt) Information supplied by Elders from Alert Bay in January 2001
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.
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".
Image taken at a pole raising ceremony in Masset. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. This image shows a section of the pole after it has been raised. A man is standing nearby with a video camera, and a crowd is gathered in the background.
Image taken at a pole raising ceremony in Masset. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. This image shows Davidson speaking into a microphone, wearing what appears to be ceremonial clothing and a headdress. A crowd is gathered around him.
Image taken at a pole raising ceremony in Masset. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. This image shows a woman in what appears to be ceremonial dress, holding an instrument(?).
Image taken at a pole raising ceremony in Masset. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. This image shows two men and a woman standing at a microphone. They are inside at a banquet.
Image taken at a pole raising ceremony in Masset. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. This image shows an older man standing in front of a painting on a piece of wood. The image was shot outside.