This photograph is likely of Museum of Anthropology staff in the New Museum of Anthropology building, possibly for the opening or for a press conference.

MOA office

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[1975?]

Parte deMOA General Media collection

View of objects in what appears to be the Museum of Anthropology's office space in its old location in UBC library basement.

Students packing items

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[1975?]

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Students packing items in the Museum of Anthropology's old location in the library basement. This would have been in preparation for moving to the Museum's new location.

Students packing items

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Item
[1975?]

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Students packing items in the Museum of Anthropology's old location in the library basement. This would have been in preparation for moving to the Museum's new location.

Baskets in the new Museum of Anthropology building

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Item
[1976?]

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Baskets laid out in the new Museum of Anthropology building after being moved from the old location in the library basement.

Inge Ruus and a student unpacking

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Item
1976

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Inge Ruus and a student unpacking a mask in the new Museum of Anthropology building.

Lynn McPhee packing

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Item
1975

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Lynn McPhee packing in the Museum of Anthropology's oldlocation in the library basement. This was in preparation for moving to the new Museum of Anthropology building.

Gillian Darling wearing a cardboard mask

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Item
[1975?]

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Gillian Darling wearing a cardboard mask that appears to have been made from packing materials. This photograph was taken as the museum was being packed up for moving to the new Museum of Anthropology building.

Packing the old museum

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Item
[1975?]

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Packing materials in the Museum of Anthropology's old location in the library basement. These materials were used to pack items to be moved to the museum's new location.

Packing the old museum

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Item
[1975?]

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Staff or student, possibly Gillian Darling, packing an item in the Museum of Anthropology's old location, to be moved to the new museum building.

House posts in situ on Hope Island

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[1956?]

Parte deMOA General Media collection

House posts in situ on Hope Island before being moved to the University of British Columbia by the B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee.

Haida mortuary poles at SGang Gwaay Llanagaay

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Item
1901

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Series of Haida Mortuary poles from SGang Gwaay photographed by Charles F. Newcombe in 1901. The third pole from the left was taken down in 1957 and held at the University of British Columbia and the Museum of Anthropology. In 2009 it was taken down from the Great Hall in the Museum of Anthropology and placed into massive carving storage in preparation for repatriation to the Haida nation.

House posts in situ on Hope Island

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[1956?]

Parte deMOA General Media collection

House posts from Hope Island in situ. These were later removed and brought to U.B.C. They are currently housed at the Museum of Anthropology.

Grizzly Bear House posts

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[1956?]

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Grizzly Bear House posts in situ on Gilford Island. These were later removed and taken to the University of British Columbia. They are currently housed at the Museum of Anthropology.