Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Welcome figures at Ba'as, ca. 1900. Photograph by C.F. Newcombe. British Columbia Archives.

Potlatch at Ba'as, ca. 1900. Photograph by C.F. Newcombe. British Columbia Archives.

Potlatch at Ba'as, ca. 1900. Photograph by C.F. Newcombe. British Columbia Archives.

Atlakim dance at Ba'as, ca. 1950. Center mask, created by Willie Seaweed is now in the Glenbow Museum. Willie Seaweed, far left, in regalia. Bill Scow, far right, in sunglasses. Photographer unknown. Museum of Anthropology, UBC.

Ba'as summer platform, used for butchering seals, ca. 1915. Photograph by Samuel Barrett. British Columbia Archives.

Men butchering seals on a summer platform at Ba'as, ca. 1915. Note the carved figure facing the row of houses. Photograph by Samuel Barrett. Milwaukee Public Museum neg. 3584.

Men butchering seals on a summer platform at Ba'as, ca. 1915. Note the carved figure facing the row of houses. Photograph by Samuel Barrett. Milwaukee Public Museum neg. 3581.

Ba'as, ca. 1915. Note the carved figure at the entrance to the summer platform. Photograph by Samuel Barrett. Milwaukee Public Museum neg. 3578.

Potlatch at Ba'as, ca. 1900. Photograph by C.F. Newcombe. British Columbia Archives.

Ba'as, January 1959. Note collapsed house with very large timbers. Photograph by Barry Herem.