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Image of a photograph of a Kwakwaka'wakw village in North Vancouver, from about 1870

Image of a pole carved as the frontal pole for the front of the Haida house, at UBC, for display in Totem Park. Moved to the new Museum of Anthropology grounds in 1978. Pole was removed from the Haida House in 2000-09 and placed in a greenhouse tent for conservation treatment and drying. A new pole was raised outside to replace it (see MOA object Nb1.752). Jim Hart, with Reg Davidson, Michael Nicoll and Tyler Crosby, performed a small informal ceremony for the re-raising of the pole on Oct. 30, 2002 (with Martine Reid in attendance). Pole was then re-raised in the Great Hall of the Museum on Oct. 31, 2002

Image of a pole carved as the frontal pole for the front of the Haida house, at UBC, for display in Totem Park. Moved to the new Museum of Anthropology grounds in 1978. Pole was removed from the Haida House in 2000-09 and placed in a greenhouse tent for conservation treatment and drying. A new pole was raised outside to replace it (see MOA object Nb1.752). Jim Hart, with Reg Davidson, Michael Nicoll and Tyler Crosby, performed a small informal ceremony for the re-raising of the pole on Oct. 30, 2002 (with Martine Reid in attendance). Pole was then re-raised in the Great Hall of the Museum on Oct. 31, 2002.

Image of a house frontal pole. The pole was carved at the University of British Columbia for display in Totem Park, where it is located in this image. It was moved to the new Museum of Anthropology grounds in 1978. Bill Reid based the design of the pole on older poles from Ninstints.

Image of mortuary pole carved by Bill Reid and Doug Cranmer. The pole is part of MOA's collection.

Image of baskets in a storage area

Portrait of a group of 18 people, mostly children, in what appears to be a living room.

Image from a Pow Wow at the Capilano Reserve in North Vancouver, BC.

Portrait of an older woman wearing traditional dress and headpiece. She is seated in a shrubby area on a blanket. Woman is Taha, wife of Chief George Slahholt of the Burrard Reserve [Coast Salish] in North Vancouver and mother of Dan George

Portrait of Chief John L. George, of the Burrard tribe, holding a small carved wooden pole. He is standing outside.

Portrait of two men seated outside. One is Chief John L. George. He is holding a small carved wooden pole.

Image of a Chief Dan George carving a canoe. He appears to be working on hollowing out the inside if the canoe. The basic shape of the canoe has been made, but no finishing details are visible.

Image of a canoe in the process of being carved. It is sitting in an open grassy area by a body of water. The basic shape of the canoe has been made, but no finishing details are visible.

Close-up image of a Chief Dan George looking down onto a canoe that is in the process of being carved.

Image of canoe full of people paddling in a body of water on the edge of a city and or port. A few other boats are also in the water.

Image of canoe full of people paddling in a body of water on the edge of a city and or port. A few other boats are also in the water.

Portrait of a woman identified as Betty Wilson at Haida or Bella Bella, BC

Portrait of a woman identified as Betty Wilson at Haida or Bella Bella, BC

Image of Slatechuck Mountain (?) seen from a distance.

Image of two people crouching near a pile of either litter or picnic/camping remnants. They are in a rocky area with trees in the background.