File contains a combination of images of Kwakwaka'wakw artifacts housed in various museums and images of historical Kwakwaka'wakw villages on Vancouver Island and along the Northwest Coast of British Columbia. Artifacts include totem poles, bentwood boxes, carvings, masks, and Kwakwaka'wakw artwork such as paintings and drawings. There are historical photographs of the following villages: Gwat'sinuxw (Quatsino), Kwikwasutinuxw (Gilford Island), A'wa'etlala Village (Knight's Inlet), Mamalikala (Village Island), Wiwekalu Village of T'la'mataxw (Campbell River), Kwixa Village (Salmon River), Dunaxda'xw Village (New Vancouver), and Gwa'sala Village (Smith Inlet). The textual records include information about some of the photographs, identifying items such as the people, the villages, and/or the artifacts depicted in the photographs.

The file contains what appear to be narrative accession notes for seven (7) items donated to MOA by Dr. George H. Raley in 1948-1949. Notes and catalogue records provide provenance and cultural context, including information pertaining to object numbers A1571 a-b (noted as 18 Bella Bella/Shaman's box; poss. A1764 a-b), A1465, A1776 a-c (noted as 'The angel'), possibly A6519 (listed as A1138), A1800 (Gumbegalis/ancestor figure), and other objects that may have been repatriated or which are not currently identifiable in the MOA Catalogue.

Notes provide dates of 1948 and 1949 for Duff's conversation with Dr. Raley. Several objects incorrectly attribute communities of origin due outdated practice of grouping peoples based on linguistic similarities.