A House post figure in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Detail of a house post figure in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

A House post figure in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

A House post figure in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Detail of a house post figure in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Detail of a house post figure in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Detail of a house post figure in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Detail of a house post figure in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

House post figures flank a door frame in Montréal

House post figures flank a door frame in Montréal

House post figures flank a door frame in Montréal

House post figures flank a door frame 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".

A Kwakwaka'wakw house post and a feast dish from the Museum of Anthropology on display for the Northwest coast exhibit of "Man and His World" in Montréal.

A Kwakwaka'wakw house post from the Museum of Anthropology on display for the Northwest coast exhibit of "Man and His World" in Montréal.

A Kwakwaka'wakw house post from the Museum of Anthropology on display for the Northwest coast exhibit of "Man and His World" in Montréal.

A Kwakwaka'wakw house post from the Museum of Anthropology on display for the Northwest coast exhibit of "Man and His World" 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".

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".

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".