File includes one drawing and two photographs of MOA Object ID A50005 a, b, and c which are house boards. The photographs are annotated with handwritten information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
Image depicts canoes, house, house posts, and totem poles on a shoreline in Masset, Haida Gwaii, B. C. Handwritten inscription on the verso reads "This is a Indian Village in Masset B. C. at the turn of the century. As you can see there are a lot of wooden shacks, totem poles and canoes. it is a very wild and remote area [redacted]. grandfather Crosby used to travel to these remoat [sic] villages by canoe." Image appears to be reproduction of a039351.
Image depicts exterior view of Chief Wiah's Monster House and frontal house post in Masset, Haida Gwaii, B. C. In front of the house are ten seated figures. Image appears to be reproduction of a039353.
House board (Tsimalano) and grave figures on display in the approach to the Great Hall in the Museum of Anthropology. This photograph was likely taken shortly after items were moved into the new location for the museum.
House posts on display in the Museum of Anthropology. This photograph was likely taken shortly after items were moved into the new location for the museum.
Drawing of house posts and a house frame said to be from Cape Mudge. This image may have been used in a book by Marius Barbeau or Edward Linnaeus Keithahn.
A house frontal totem pole said to be from Oweekeno. This appears to be the totem pole that was taken from Rivers Inlet to the Museum of Anthropology in 1956, as part of the B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee.
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.
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.