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A display of items to be given away at a potlatch

This photograph, originally taken by William or Jean Halliday, shows a display of items to be given away at a potlatch in Alert Bay. The caption for the slide gives the date as 1910 but the BC Archives lists the date for this photograph as between 1897 and 1933. This photograph is housed at the BC Archives, #H-03976.

Items on display in Montréal

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 (?)

Image of a group drumming on a pole at what appears to be a potlatch.

Anthony Carter

Potlatch (?)

Image of a group drumming on a pole at what appears to be a potlatch.

Anthony Carter

Potlatch N Van, dancers (?)

Image of drummers at a potlatch in North Vancouver. In this image, they appear to be preparing for or have just finished playing.

Anthony Carter

Potlatch N Van, participants

Portrait of two individuals at a potlatch in North Vancouver. The man in the centre of the image appears to be Chief John L. George, of the Burrard tribe.

Anthony Carter

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