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British Columbia Rites and ceremonies
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Pole raising, Haida Gwaii

Image from a pole raising in Haida Gwaii. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson. In this image, the pole is in the process of being raised.

Anthony Carter

Wedding

  • 30-30-01-30-01-07-a039116
  • Item
  • [1862-1937, predominant 1930-1937]
  • Part of John Mennie fonds

Item is a photograph of:
Back row from left: Alfred James (Jack) Hanuse, Mary Jane Hanuse (nee Alfred), George Alfred.
Front row: Margaret Alfred (later married Sam Hunt), Emma Hunt, Nora Alfred, Flora Hanuse. Information supplied by Elders from Alert Bay in January 2001.
Sam Hunt's wife Top row: Jack and Mary Hanuse, [unknown]
Bottom row: Margaret Hunt, Emma Silas (Hunt), Nora Alfred (Dick), [unknown]
Information supplied by William Wasden, MOA intern 2005

Unidentified man, pole raising, Haida Gwaii

Image taken at a pole raising ceremony in Masset. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. Image shows a man speaking at the pole raising. He is not identified, but it is likely Chief Weah (Willie Matthews).

Anthony Carter

R. Davidson [Jr.] pole raising, Masset Q.C.I.

Image taken at a pole raising ceremony in Masset. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, Jr. This image shows a man speaking into a microphone. He is unidentified but appears to be Chief Weah (Willie Matthews).

Anthony Carter

Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford

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.

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