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- [1956?]
Parte deMOA General Media collection
House posts from Hope Island in situ. These were later removed and brought to UBC. They are currently housed at the Museum of Anthropology.
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Parte deMOA General Media collection
House posts from Hope Island in situ. These were later removed and brought to UBC. They are currently housed at the Museum of Anthropology.
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
House frame near water, seen from above
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Carved figure, possibly house post
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of a house post on Anthony Island, Haida Gwaii. This appears to be a post now housed at the Museum of Anthropology (museum item #A50016). This museum item is described as follows: "Totem, crescent shaped in cross section, carved in shallow and deep relief. From top to bottom: human with hands at right angles and fingertips touching. The arms are folded with the elbows resting on squared ears of figure below. Enclosed within this frame is a small human/hawk face with beak, surmounting the head, shoulders, and forepaws of an emerging bear cub. At the base is a bear from whose ears frogs look downward. The bear has curled nostrils; upturned mouth, raised forearms with five fingers folded over each palm, small human face between forearms... Stood at centre of back wall inside house called 'Raven House', belonging to the lineage of the'Sand Town People' of Raven moiety of Kunghit Haida. MacDonald lists it as house number 17... Pole standing when collected...Figures are crests belonging to the lineage of the owners of the house, the 'Sand Town People' of the Raven moiety. They may also refer to the Bear Mother myth."
Haida house under construction, UBC
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of the Haida house at the Museum of Anthropology while being constructed.
House post and bentwood boxes in the Museum of Anthropology
Parte deMOA General Media collection
A house post and several bentwood boxes along the ramp of the Museum of Anthropology. The house post was transferred from Ninstints to the University of British Columbia in 1957.
Potlatch items on display in Montréal
Parte deMOA General Media collection
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".
Packed items and a house post in the old Museum of Anthropology
Parte deMOA General Media collection
Image of a house post and several packed boxes, likely in preparation for moving to the new museum. Photograph may have been taken by Ria Rowe.
House post in situ on Anthony Island
Parte deMOA General Media collection
Members of the B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee, Bill Reid (wearing aht) and Wilson Duff, inspecting a house post on Anthony Island. This house post was removed and brought to the Museum of Anthropology.