Projection screen at the Museum of Anthropology
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A projection screen in visible storage at the Museum of Anthropology showing The Raven and the First Men, by Bill Reid, likely the miniature version of the carving.
Projection screen at the Museum of Anthropology
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A projection screen in visible storage at the Museum of Anthropology showing a pottery piece.
Projection screen at the Museum of Anthropology
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A projection screen in visible storage at the Museum of Anthropology showing a pottery piece.
Display cases in the Museum of Anthropology
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Display cases in the Museum of Anthropology; possibly in visible storage.
A museum visitor in visible storage
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A museum visitor perusing the catalogue in visible storage at the Museum of Anthropology. This photograph was taken to promote the museum.
Madeline Rowan and museum staff in visible storage
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Museum staff in visible storage. From viewer's left: Marjorie Halpin, Madeline Rowan, Elvie Whittaker.
House post on display in the Museum of Anthropology
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A house post on display in the Museum of Anthropology.
Detail of a house post on display in the Museum of Anthropology
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Detail of a house post on display in the Museum of Anthropology.
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View of the Great Hall in the Museum of Anthropology. Several house posts and totem poles are visible.
View of the Great Hall from the O'Brian Gallery
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View of the Great Hall from the O'Brian Gallery in the Museum of Anthropology. A carving of an ancestor figure is visible on the viewer's right and a model totem pole on the viewer's left.
Items on display in the Museum of Anthropology
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Items on display in the Museum of Anthropology; possibly in the location of what is now the O'Brian Gallery.
The Great Hall under construction
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View of the Great Hall of the Museum of Anthropology while it was still under construction.
Workers prepare a totem pole to be lifted
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Workers outside the Great Hall of the Museum of Anthropology prepare a totem pole to be lifted into the Great Hall as part of its move to the museum from Totem Park.
Totem pole being lowered in Totem Park
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Totem pole in Totem Park being lowered from its standing position as part of its move to the Museum of Anthropology building.
Great Hall with windows missing
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The Great Hall of the Museum of Anthropology with large sections of windows not in place. This photograph would have pre-dated the totem poles being moved into the hall, as the windows were not put in place to allow the poles to be lifted into the hall.
Totem pole being lifted into position in the Great Hall
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Staff on a scaffolding lift a totem pole into position in the Great Hall of the Museum of Anthropology as part of its move from Totem Park to the museum.
A display of items to be given away at a potlatch
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This photograph, originally taken by William or Jean Halliday, shows a display of items to be given away at a potlatch in Alert Bay. The caption for the slide gives the date as 1910 but the BC Archives lists the date for this photograph as between 1897 and 1933. This photograph is housed at the BC Archives, #H-03976.
Painting of a Northwest Coast village
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Painting of a Northwest Coast village. The caption for this slide says "Milwaukee," possibly indicating that this photograph was taken in the Milkwaukee Public Museum.
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Photograph of people fishing from boats. They may be spear fishing or dip netting. A possible caption for this photograph says "Fishing (Athabascan)." It is difficult to discern if the canoes are of Coast Salish or Athabascan design.
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Image of Chief Anatlahash from the 1963 edition of Monuments in Cedar by Edward L Keithahn.