Carving

Vancouver International Airport Musqueam Welcome Area

1-2-X-4 (12.8)-a035939
Item
1996

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

Image of the Vancouver International Airport Musqueam Welcome Area. The image may have been taken at the opening celebrations.

Two men carving pole

25-05-09-a038653
Item
1976 - 1977

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Norman Tait and Francis Williams carving a pole, possibly restoration work related to pole A50020.

Susan Point carving Flight (Spindle Whorl)

1-2-X-4 (12.8)-a035938
Item
[ca.1995-1996]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

Image of Susan Point (Musqueam) carving Flight (Spindle Whorl) in a workshop. The work appears to be near completion.

Skidegate Oct '76

1-5-2 (27.2)-a035194
Item
1976

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

Image of Bill Reid carving a wooden sculpture. Carving tools are visible on top of the sculpture.

Skidegate Bill Reid

1-5-2 (27.2)-a035187
Item
[ca. 1976]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

Image of Bill Reid carving a wooden sculpture with a chisel.

MOA carving shed, feast dish

25-04-12-a038511
Item
[197?]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a fest dish in MOA's carving shed. The dish is part of MOA's object collection.

Anthony Carter

Man carving in shed, Alert Bay (?)

81-05-a033143
Item
[ca. 195-]

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of a man carving a small piece of wood in a carving shed, likely in or near Alert Bay, BC.

Indian carver, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.

134-a040090c
Item
9 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Henry Speck carving house posts for Bighouse in Alert Bay

81-05-a033146
Item
1964

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of two house posts being carved in a carving shed in Alert Bay, BC. Henry Speck smiles in foreground and two other carvers can be seen behind him.

Henry Speck carving house posts for Bighouse in Alert Bay

81-05-a033142
Item
1964

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of two house posts being carved in a carving shed, in Alert Bay, BC. Three people, including Henry Speck, can be seen working on the posts.

Henry Speck carving house posts for Bighouse in Alert Bay

81-05-a033144
Item
1964

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of two house posts being carved in a carving shed in Alert Bay, BC. Four people, including Henry Speck, can be seen working on the poles. A child is watching.

Henry Speck carving house posts for Bighouse in Alert Bay

81-05-a033145
Item
1964

Part of Thomas and Mildred Laurie collection

Photograph of Henry Speck carving a house posts for a Bighouse in a carving shed in Alert Bay, BC.

Haida

1-4-C-10 (65.1-5; 66.1-2)
File
[199-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File mainly contains historical images of Haida and Tlingit villages and totem poles located on the Northwest Coast of British Columbia and Alaska. There are also images of Haida and Tlingit peoples dressed in regalia. Other photos include images of Haida and Tlingit artifacts, such as bentwood boxes and carvings, housed in various museums around the world. There are also images of a modern day ceremony in front of some totem poles and long houses. The textual records include photocopies of images of totem poles and Haida and Tlingit villages.

General Salish

1-4-C-5 (63.1)
File
[199-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

This file contains images of Coast Salish and Kwakwaka'wakw artifacts. Many of the photos are official photographs taken by various museums in Canada and the United States, but others are historical photos. These artifacts include masks, rattles, carvings, fishing equipment and fish processing, canoes, and North Coast architecture, such as long houses and house posts.

Front matter

1-4-E-2-1
File
[ca. 2005]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File consists of handwritten notes, photocopies, and photographic prints provided by other institutions of various items that may be currently or previously located in MOA's Great Hall. Many of the prints are annotated with handwritten, stamped, or typed information about the contents of the images or their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.