Architectural elements

Vincent Massey being shown a house board

132-1-C-C-a041376
Item
23-Jul-56

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 being shown a house board

132-1-C-C-a041388
Item
23-Jul-56

Part of MOA General Media collection

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 being shown a house board

132-1-C-C-a041375
Item
23-Jul-56

Part of MOA General Media collection

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.

Village People

1-4-C-11 (66.3-4)
File
[199-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains images of various First Nations Cultural groups from the Pacific Northwest. The images include negatives and slides of Northwest Coast villages, totem poles, longhouses, and First Nations peoples dressed in regalia.

View of the Great Hall

132-1-C-C-a041566
Item
1976?

Part of MOA General Media collection

View of the Great Hall in the Museum of Anthropology. Several house posts and totem poles are visible.

View of the Great Hall

132-1-C-C-a041800
Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

View of the Great Hall with many totem poles, house posts, and figures visible.

View of the Great Hall

132-1-C-C-a041567
Item
1976?

Part of MOA General Media collection

View of the Great Hall in the Museum of Anthropology. Several house posts and totem poles are visible.

Two totem poles carved by Mungo Martin in Totem Park at UBC

132-1-C-A-a040296
Item
1951

Part of MOA General Media collection

This image shows two totem poles carved by Mungo Martin. They are standing in Totem Park on UBC.

Two totem poles carved by Mungo Martin in Totem Park at UBC

132-1-C-A-a040311
Item
1951

Part of MOA General Media collection

This image shows two totem poles carved by Mungo Martin. They are standing in Totem Park on UBC.

Two men recovering a house post from SG̱ang Gwaay (Anthony Island)

132-1-C-A-a040290
Item
[1957?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Two men recovering a house post from SG̱ang Gwaay (Anthony Island). This work was part of the "Ninstints Expedition" to recover eleven totem poles from the area.

Two frog poles, possibly house posts

51-01-28-a039453
Item
1955 or 1956

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Tsimalano House Board

132-1-C-A-a040281
Item
[19-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Musqueam house board currently held in the Museum of Anthropology.

Trip to Canadian Museum of Civilization

1-1-MMM-b-39 (39.16)
File
[1989-1996]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains records relating to painted boards and a bent-wood box housed at the Canadian Museum of Civilization (now the Canadian Museum of History).

Transforming image research photos

1-1-MMM-b-2 (37.2-3)
File
[ca.2000]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains images used for research during the image recovery project and the Transforming Image Exhibit.

Totem poles at Massett

96-01-04-a039365a
Item
1863

Part of Reverend Thomas Crosby fonds

Image depicts external view of a building, mortuary poles, and house posts in Masset, B. C. A bear sits atop the mortuary or memorial pole in the foreground. This may have been a mortuary figure with a receptacle in the side to receive a box of ashes or a child

Totem pole being lowered

132-1-C-E-a042797
Item
[1957?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Totem pole in situ being lowered by two men before being moved to the University of British Columiba by the Totem Pole Preservation Committee.

Totem pole being lowered

132-1-C-E-a042785
Item
[1957?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Tlingit/Tahltan/North

1-4-C-6 (63.2-3)
File
[199-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

The majority of this file contains historical images of the Tlingit and Tahltan First Nations and their respective villages. The other images are of Tlingit or Tahltan artifacts housed in various museums in Canada and the United States. The historic images are of Tlingit or Tahltan villages which include images of Northwest Coast architecture, houses posts and totem poles, canoes, and other household items such as bowls, weavings, and bentwood boxes. There are also some images of the Tlingit people in regalia. The textual records contained in this file is a paper titled "The History of the Babine Carriers," written by Wilfred Adam for the class Education 479, Cross Cultural Education.