Items from the Museum of Anthropology including house posts, feast dishes, a bentwood box, and model totem poles, on display in Montréal for the Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
Image of a corner of a box, sewn where a kerf was used to bend a plank of wood into a corner. This image may have been from an exhibit at the old Museum of Anthropology dealing with Northwest coast technology.
A bentwood box by Charles Edenshaw. The museum catalogue number on the slide label is incorrect and should read A9416. This photograph may be from an exhibit at the old Museum of Anthropology dealing with Northwest coast technology.
Hilary Stewart teaching a workshop at the Museum of Anthropology. The drawing on the white board behind her illustrates kerfs, and how they were used to produce bentwood boxes. She is holding a corner section of bentwood, illustrating how the corner was stitched together after being bent.
Bentwood boxes, a feast dish lid, and several masks and headdresses in the Great Hall or at the Crossroads in the Museum of Anthropology. These items may have been placed here temporarily as items were being moved into the new museum space.
Hilary Stewart teaching a workshop at the Museum of Anthropology. The drawing on the white board behind her illustrates kerfs, and how they were used to produce bentwood boxes.
A house post and several bentwood boxes along the ramp of the Museum of Anthropology. The house post was transferred from Ninstints to the University of British Columbia in 1957.
Image of a single piece of board with kerfs carved into it. This image may have been from an exhibit at the old Museum of Anthropology dealing with Northwest coast technology.
Image of a bentwood box by Charles Edenshaw. This photograph may be from an exhibit at the old Museum of Anthropology dealing with Northwest coast technology.
Items from the Museum of Anthropology including house posts, feast dishes, a bentwood box, and model totem poles, on display in Montréal for the Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
Baskets, bentwood dishes, a figure, and a spoon on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".