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View of the Great Hall from Gallery 3 (now known as the O'Brian Gallery).

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.

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.

Visitors admire masks on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

A Wasgo sculpture from the Museum of Anthropology on display in Montréal for the Northwest coast exhibit of "Man and His World".

A Wasgo sculpture from the Museum of Anthropology on display in Montréal for the Northwest coast exhibit of "Man and His World".

A Wasgo sculpture from the Museum of Anthropology on display in Montréal for the Northwest coast exhibit of "Man and His World".

Display of weaving techniques, possibly of Tlingit peoples, from an unidentified museum, possibly the American Museum of Natural History.

Whale hunters model by Mungo Martin on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Whale masks on display in Montréal for the Musem of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Whistles on display in visible storage at the Museum of Anthropology.

Whistles on display in visible storage at the Museum of Anthropology.

Whistles on display in visible storage at the Museum of Anthropology.

Wider view of items from the Museum of Anthropology on display in Montréal for the Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Wider view of items from the Museum of Anthropology on display in Montréal for the Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Wolf dish carved by Bill Reid while he was in Montréal.

A wolf headdress. These were used as temporary grave markers to indicate a memorial potlatch was being planned.

Workers carry a totem pole, wrapped in padding, from its position in Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building. This pole was carved by George Hunt Sr. The pole is now part of the museum's collection. This pole was originally carved for the Edward S. Curtis film "In the Land of the War Canoes" which was originally titled "In the Land of the Head Hunters." The pole was repaired and re-painted by carvers Ellen Neel in 1949 and Mungo Martin in 1950-51. It stood at Totem Park, UBC Campus until it was re-located to the Museum's Great Hall in 1976.

Workers on a scaffolding appear to be using a welder to cut one of the supports from a totem pole standing in Totem Park. This is in preparation to move the totem pole to the new Museum of Anthropology building. This pole was carved by George Hunt Sr. The pole is now part of the museum's collection.
This pole was originally carved for the Edward S. Curtis film "In the Land of the War Canoes" which was originally titled "In the Land of the Head Hunters." The pole was repaired and re-painted by carvers Ellen Neel in 1949 and Mungo Martin in 1950-51. It stood at Totem Park, UBC Campus until it was re-located to the Museum's Great Hall in 1976.

A totem pole hangs horizontal from a crane while workers prepare for it to be set down in the Museum of Anthropology. This photograph was taken while it was in the process of being moved from Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building. This pole was carved by Mungo Martin and later restored by him at the University of British Columbia in 1950-51. It stood in Totem Park until it was moved to the new Museum of Anthropology building in 1975.