Architectural elements

House post

132-1-A-2005-001-171
Item
1952

Part of MOA General Media collection

Image of a house post in the house of Thomas Hailhemas on Kitit Island.

C. MacKay

House poles and frame

51-01-28-a039405
Item
1955 or 1956

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

House panel and figures in the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-C-a041518
Item
1976?

Part of MOA General Media collection

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 frontal totem poles in situ

132-1-C-E-a042805
Item
[1947?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

House frontal totem poles in situ near Fort Rupert. These were removed and stood in Totem Park at U.B.C. for several years before they were transferred to the new Museum of Anthropology.

House frontal totem pole, Anthony Island

51-01-29-a039471
Item

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Image of an old house post on Anthony Island, Haida Gwaii. This appears to the same as a post now housed at the Museum of Anthropology. This museum item is decribed as follows: "The lower section of a totem, crescent shaped in cross section, carved in shallow and deep relief. From top to bottom: bear with protruding tongue and raven on body, kneeling on head of unknown creature... Figures probably from historical narratives owned by lineages of house owner and wife. Grizzly bear was a crest of the lineages of the 'Striped Town People' and 'Sand Town People' of the Raven Moiety, to one of which the husband may have belonged. The supernatural Snag was also a crest of the 'Striped Town People'. Human arms of the raven or cormorant may indicate ability to transform from animal to human."

House frontal totem pole on Anthony Island

132-1-C-E-a042788
Item
[1957?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

House frontal totem pole on Anthony Island. This pole was being collected by the B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee.

House frontal totem pole

132-1-C-C-a041637
Item
1956?

Part of MOA General Media collection

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.

House frames and house post at UBC

132-1-C-A-a040309
Item
1953

Part of MOA General Media collection

Photograph of house frames and a house post from UBC.

House frame near water, seen from above

51-01-28-a039417
Item
1955 or 1956

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

House beams, front or rear, Anthony Island

51-01-29-a039468
Item

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Heiltsuk/Nuxalk/Oweekeno

1-4-C-8 (64.1-3)
File
[199-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File mainly contains historical images of the Heiltsuk, Nuxalk, and Wuikinuxv First Nations. These images depict village life, architecture and house posts, and regalia. The file contains images of a group of Nuxalk who traveled to Berlin to perform there. Images that are not historical depict a ceremony happening in the Great Hall at UBC MOA, unidentified artists working on a set of drawings, and what appears to be the Acwsalcta High School in Bella Coola. Non textual records include photocopies of photographs, and photocopies of museum catalogue cards.

Harry Hawthorn and an unidentified man

132-1-C-E-a042591
Item
[ca. 1948]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Harry Hawthorn and an unidentified man holding a house post figure. This photograph was likely taken around the time the object was acquired, in 1948.