Material Culture

Whaling Canoe

1-2-X-4 (12.8)-a035943
Item
ca. 2000

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

Image shows a whaling canoe carved by artist Tim Paul (Nuu-chah-nulth).

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.

Tsimshian

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

Part of 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.

Transformation Mask

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

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

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

Tlingit/Tahltan/North

1-4-C-6 (63.2-3)
File
[199-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

The majority of this file contains historical images of the Tlingit and Tahltan First Nations and their respective villages. The other images are of Tlingit or Tahltan artifacts housed in various museums in Canada and the United States. The historic images are of Tlingit or Tahltan villages which include images of Northwest Coast architecture, houses posts and totem poles, canoes, and other household items such as bowls, weavings, and bentwood boxes. There are also some images of the Tlingit people in regalia. The textual records contained in this file is a paper titled "The History of the Babine Carriers," written by Wilfred Adam for the class Education 479, Cross Cultural Education.

Salish

1-4-C-13 (67.1-5)
File
[199-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains a combination of historical photographs depicting village life of the Coast Salish people, and modern day photographs of Salish artifacts housed in various museums around the world. The historical photographs contain images of Coast Salish peoples, totem poles, house posts, canoes, and petroglyphs. The modern day photographs contain images of Coast Salish artifacts such as blankets, spindle whorls, masks, carvings, house posts and totem poles, and household items such as combs and bowls. The textual records contained in this file are photocopies of images of Coast Salish artifacts housed in various museums around the world.

Puppets on display in Montréal

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

Part of 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

Part of 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

Part of 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-a040541
Item
1969 or 1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

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

Potlatch items on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040408
Item
1969 or 1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

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".

Potlatch items on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040412
Item
1969 or 1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

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".

Potlatch items on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040413
Item
1969 or 1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

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".

Out of the Silence

1-2-X-4 (12.8)-a035940
Item
ca. 1996

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

Image of 2 of the 4 weavings that comprise Out of the Silence on display at the Vancouver International Airport. The weavings were made by Musqueam artists Krista Point, Robyn Sparrow, Debra Sparrow, Gina Grant and Helen Callbreath.

Nuu-chah-nulth

1-4-C-12 (66.5)
File
[199-?]

Part of 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.

Nisga'a

1-4-C-15 (68.3-5)
File
[199-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File mainly contains historical images of the Nisga'a villages, peoples, and of Nisga'a totem poles. Other images are of modern day Nisga'a totem poles housed in museums in Canada and the United States. The textual records contained in this file are catalogue cards which provide some of the photograph's context, providing information such as the location of the photograph, the people in the photographs, which museum and/or archive collection the image belongs to, and/or the image's catalogue number.

Mt. Currie [reserve], Matilda Jim

25-04-11-a038494
Item
June 23, 1971

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Portrait of Matilda Jim, resident of the Stl'al'lmx Mount Currie Reserve. She is seen here weaving a basket. A portrait of her is printed on page 43 of Carter's book Abundant Rivers, with the caption: Matilda Jim, 106 years old. One of the village's most active basket makers. She spends her days weaving to meet a constant demand for her wares."

Anthony Carter

Mt. Currie [reserve], Matilda Jim

25-04-11-a038495
Item
June 23, 1971

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Portrait of Matilda Jim, resident of the Stl'al'lmx Mount Currie Reserve. She is seen here weaving a basket. A portrait of her is printed on page 43 of Carter's book Abundant Rivers, with the caption: Matilda Jim, 106 years old. One of the village's most active basket makers. She spends her days weaving to meet a constant demand for her wares."

Anthony Carter

Mt. Currie [reserve], Matilda Jim

25-04-11-a038496
Item
June 23, 1971

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Portrait of Matilda Jim, resident of the Stl'al'lmx Mount Currie Reserve. She is seen here weaving a basket. A portrait of her is printed on page 43 of Carter's book Abundant Rivers, with the caption: Matilda Jim, 106 years old. One of the village's most active basket makers. She spends her days weaving to meet a constant demand for her wares."

Anthony Carter

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

25-03-11-a038173
Item
August 1972

Part of 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."

Anthony Carter

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