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Title: Monster House Interior
Description: Interior of Chief Wiah's Monster House as it were when the house was still occupied.
Date: 1884, 1884

Title: Halibut House Frontal Pole
Description: Halibut House's frontal pole shown after the top has been cut off.
Date: ca. 1890, 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1900

Title: Halibut House
Description: The Halibut House is shown here with it’s frontal pole before the pole was shipped to Jasper, BC. Notice the support posts angled along the side of the walls of the houses. In the background is the Star House.
Date: ca. 1890, 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1900

Title: House Child Memorial Pole
Description: Crests on this memorial pole were a standing frog at the top, followed by potlatch cylinders, and a bear-like creature at the bottom.
Date: 1900, 1900

Title: Haida Frontlet
Description: Haida frontlet by Simeon Stiltla of Masset, Haida Gwaii. In the Collection of the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Createed ca. 1875
Date: ca. 1967, 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970

Title: House Child
Description: A standing bear memorial pole carved in more realistic style than on previous poles at Masset. Here the pole is shown after the top portion of the pole was cut off, just above the head of the bear. Standing next to the pole is Benjamin Bennett (son of Luke Bennett who raised this pole) - the last pole in Masset.
Date: ca. 1910, 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915

Title: Monster House
Description: The man standing by the memorial pole is Chief Anethlas, and the boy by the frontal pole of Monster House is young Willy Matthews (later Chief Wiah). The memorial pole of a standing beaver with a stick in its mouth is virtually identical to the interior pole of Monster House. There is a sculpin (spiny fish) incised on the beavers stomach and a
Show moreThe man standing by the memorial pole is Chief Anethlas, and the boy by the frontal pole of Monster House is young Willy Matthews (later Chief Wiah). The memorial pole of a standing beaver with a stick in its mouth is virtually identical to the interior pole of Monster House. There is a sculpin (spiny fish) incised on the beavers stomach and a small copper was attached to the pole between the ears of the beaver.
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Date: 1890, 1890

Title: Eagle House
Description: Albert Edward Edenshaw posing at 80 years old in front of Chief Stilta's Eagle House.
Date: 1890, 1890

Title: Halibut House
Description: The Halibut House and frontal pole. This photograph shows the pole before the top portion was cut off. This pole was shipped to Jasper, BC where it stood for 94 years before being repatriated back to Haida Gwaii.
Date: 1888, 1888

Title: Eagle House
Description: The pieces on either side of the American Eagle are likely acanthus trim found on the side of the bowsprit of a ship. The eagle came from the stern-board. These were likely from the American gold prospectors ship, the Susan Sturgis, which was captured and burned by Chief Stilta in 1850.
Date: 1888, 1888

Title: House Searching Over the Island
Description: Double mortuaries below House Searching Over the Island on Idjao hill.
Date: 1890, 1890

Title: Eagle House Memorial Pole
Description: Memorial Pole in front of Company store run by Henry Edenshaw. At the top of the pole is an eagle sitting on top of fin (the shaft of the pole) of the killer whale at the base.
Date: ca. 1910, 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915

Title: Property House
Description: Property House with its frontal pole. The pole on the left with the horizontal bear on top is a mortuary pole, and the pole on the right is a memorial pole. Note the copper attached to the memorial pole above the head of the standing bear.
Date: 1890, 1890

Title: Albert Edward Edenshaw Memorial
Description: In memory of Albert Edward Edenshaw Head Chief of North Island Q.C.I. Born 1822, Died 1894. Member of St. John Church. A staunch friend to the white man. He heroically saved the lives of Capt. Rooney and his crew of the Sch. Susan Sturgis attacked by Indians September 26, 1852 for which he is held in grateful remembrance.
Date: 1919, 1919

Title: Monuments
Description: ""Moses Bell Died May 1906. Age 10 yrs"" ""__tiney Bell died 1908, age 2 yrs""
Date: 1968, 1968

Title: Bear Mortuary
Description: A large figure of a bear stands on top of a large post. It is almost identical to one at Kiutsta in which the bear is hollowed out to receive the bones of an infant. The Masset version was perhaps used only as a memorial post. Directly behind the mortuary is a marble memorial for A.E. Edenshaw.
Date: 1919, 1919

Title: Property House
Description: First Edenshaw bear mortuary pole with marble memorial to A.E. Edenshaw on right as seen during the McKenna McBride Commission visit (Commissioners in background).
Date: ca. 1914, 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920

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