Image of a Chilkat blanket ca. 1800, from Vancouver Island, hanging in the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.

Image of a Chilkat blanket ca. 1800, from Vancouver Island, hanging in the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.

Image of a Chilkat blanket ca. 1800, from Vancouver Island, hanging in the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.

Item is a photograph of men gathered together for an event celebrating British Columbia's centennial in Alert Bay in 1958. They are sitting down in front of a painted wall and some are wearing ceremonial dress, such as button blankets and woven cedar headbands. A drum and a painted dance screen [thunderbird?] on fabric are also visible. Men in the photograph include: Charles Nowell, Billy Assu, and George Scow.

Item is a photograph of a procession of people walking down a road in Alert Bay in ceremonial dress (button blankets, headdresses) and regular clothes. Mungo Martin and Daisy Neel lead the group in the front row.