Haida Grizzly Bear house posts

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Collection Citation: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Richard and Hannah Maynard photographs from British Columbia, image #, NMAI.AC.087; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Scope and Contents: View of two posts of the Grizzly Bear House prior to their removal from Masset, Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia, Canada. They are displayed with a Chilkat blanket, a painted hat, and two daggers that possibly belonged to Xa'na. According to the BC Archives, the photograph is believed to have been taken in 1884 when Richard Maynard accompanied Newton H. Chittenden on his tour of Haida Gwaii (then Queen Charlotte Islands). Newcombe recorded in 1906 that these posts had been taken to Berlin.

Series Restrictions: Some of the photographs in this series have been restricted due to cultural sensitiviy and are listed in a subseries.

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Richard and Hannah Maynard photographs from British Columbia

Creator

Maynard, Hannah, 1834-1918

Summary

Photographic prints and copy negatives made by Richard and Hannah Maynard between 1878-1890 in British Columbia, Canada. The communities photographed include Haida, Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl), Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka), Nuxalk (Bellacoola), Lekwungen (Songhees), and Esquimalt among others.