Material Culture

1-4-C-2 (61.2-5; 62.1-4)
Dossiê
[199-?]

Parte de William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains a combination of images of Kwakwaka'wakw artifacts housed in various museums and images of historical Kwakwaka'wakw villages on Vancouver Island and along the Northwest Coast of British Columbia. Artifacts include totem poles, bentwood boxes, carvings, masks, and Kwakwaka'wakw artwork such as paintings and drawings. There are historical photographs of the following villages: Gwat'sinuxw (Quatsino), Kwikwasutinuxw (Gilford Island), A'wa'etlala Village (Knight's Inlet), Mamalikala (Village Island), Wiwekalu Village of T'la'mataxw (Campbell River), Kwixa Village (Salmon River), Dunaxda'xw Village (New Vancouver), and Gwa'sala Village (Smith Inlet). The textual records include information about some of the photographs, identifying items such as the people, the villages, and/or the artifacts depicted in the photographs.

Transformation Mask

1-2-X-4 (12.8)-a035942
Item
ca. 2000

Parte de William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

Image depicts a transformation mask created by artist Stan Wamiss (Kwakwaka'wakw) installed at the Vancouver International Airport.

A button blanket, frontlet, and staff on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040432
Item
1969 or 1970

Parte de MOA General Media collection

A button blanket, frontlet, and staff on display in Montréal in Expo 67 pavilion.

Bentwood boxes, Chilkat blanket, mask, and other items on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040455
Item
1969 or 1970

Parte de MOA General Media collection

Bentwood boxes, Chilkat blanket, mask, and other items on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

A bentwood box, mask, spoons and other items on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040469
Item
1969 or 1970

Parte de MOA General Media collection

A bentwood box, mask, spoons and other items on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Puppets on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040534
Item
1969 or 1970

Parte de MOA General Media collection

Puppets on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Puppets on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040540
Item
1969 or 1970

Parte de MOA General Media collection

Puppets on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Puppets on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040542
Item
1969 or 1970

Parte de MOA General Media collection

Puppets on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

21 June 1958 Alert Bay Centennial Celebrations

41-1-a060272c
Item
June 21, 1958

Parte de Diane Elizabeth Barwick fonds

Item is a photograph of three young women, and two young girls standing in ceremonial dress (button blankets; carved and painted [wolf?] mask; and headdresses made of woven cedar, weasel(?), abalone, and eagle feathers). They are gathered for an event celebrating British Columbia's centennial in Alert Bay in 1958. Daisy Neel is in the centre wearing the frontlet and her twin sisters are the young girls in front of her. Emma Sewid [Seewid; Seaweed?] and Mabel Sewid [Seewid; Seaweed?] are on either sides of them.

21 June 1958 Alert Bay Centennial Celebrations

41-1-a060275c
Item
June 21, 1958

Parte de Diane Elizabeth Barwick fonds

Item is a photograph of a procession of people (men, women, children) in ceremonial dress (button blankets, headdresses) walking away from the ferry terminal dock [?] in Alert Bay. The procession is led by Mungo Martin and Daisy Neel. A man dressed in regular clothes, smoking a pipe looks on from the left.

Nuu-chah-nulth

1-4-C-12 (66.5)
Dossiê
[199-?]

Parte de William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains historical images of Nuu-chah-nulth villages and peoples. There is a focus on totem poles and canoes. There are also photographs of a pole raising ceremony to commemorate the visit of Governor General Willingdon who came to Tofino/Ucluelet in the 1920s. There are images of James Rush, Chief Miste Laabats Hamtsiid, and Chief Joseph John, dressed in Nuu-chah-nulth regalia.

Jimmie John & carvings

25-03-04-a037854
Item
1968

Parte de Anthony Carter fonds

Portrait of Jimmie John with one of his carvings. A similar image is pictured on page 97 of Carter's book "From History's Locker," with the caption: "Jimmie John, one of the best of the Nootka carvers, shown here displaying a piece of his work, a replica of the famous Chief Maquinna mask."

Sem título

Jimmie John's carvings

25-03-04-a037855
Item
1968

Parte de Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a carving of a winged creature by Nootka carver Jimmie John.

Sem título

Jimmie John & carvings

25-03-04-a037867
Item
1968

Parte de Anthony Carter fonds

Portrait of Jimmie John with two of his carvings. A similar image is pictured on page 97 of Carter's book "From History's Locker," with the caption: "Jimmie John, one of the best of the Nootka carvers, shown here displaying a piece of his work, a replica of the famous Chief Maquinna mask."

Sem título

Jimmie John (92 yrs), Cecilia John (83 yrs), Last of Jimmie's carvings

25-03-04-a037873
Item
May 13, 1968

Parte de Anthony Carter fonds

Portrait of Jimmie John with one of his carvings. A similar image is pictured on page 97 of Carter's book "From History's Locker," with the caption: "Jimmie John, one of the best of the Nootka carvers, shown here displaying a piece of his work, a replica of the famous Chief Maquinna mask."

Sem título

Jimmie John (92 yrs), Cecilia John (83 yrs), Last of Jimmie's carvings

25-03-04-a037875
Item
May 13, 1968

Parte de Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a carving by Nootka carver Jimmie John. The carving is a replica of the famous Chief Maquinna mask

Sem título

Jimmie John

25-03-04-a037886
Item
1968

Parte de Anthony Carter fonds

Portrait of Jimmie John with one of his carvings. A similar image is pictured on page 97 of Carter's book "From History's Locker," with the caption: "Jimmie John, one of the best of the Nootka carvers, shown here displaying a piece of his work, a replica of the famous Chief Maquinna mask."

Sem título

Mrs. Wilson ([Nuu-chah-nulth] basket weaver), Gold River

25-03-11-a038173
Item
August 1972

Parte de Anthony Carter fonds

Close-up image of Mrs. Wilson weaving a basket. A similar image is printed on page 112 of Carter's book "From History's Locker."

Sem título

Tsimshian

1-4-C-1 (60.13-14 & 61.1)
Dossiê
[199-?]

Parte de William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains images of Tsimshian artifacts housed in museums in British Columbia and in what is now known as the Canadian Museum of History. The file also contains images of Tsimshian villages along the Nass River, and historical photos of Tsimshian peoples.

Chilkat blanket, feast dishes, and spoons on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040466
Item
1969 or 1970

Parte de MOA General Media collection

Chilkat blanket, feast dishes, and spoons on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

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