Bent-wood boxes

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Glenbow

File contains images of a painted dish from the "F. Smith Coll'n" at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary. There are also two images of bentwood boxes.

Glenbow Museum

File contains images of bentwood boxes housed at the Glenbow Museum. The textual records contained in this file are copies of catalogue records.

Haida

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.

Haida chest view A

Haida chest view A

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.

Hilary Stewart teaching a workshop

Hilary Stewart teaching a workshop

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.

Illustration of use of kerfs

Illustration of use of kerfs

Illustration of the use of kerfs in order to bend wood. This image may have been from an exhibit at the old Museum of Anthropology dealing with Northwest coast technology.

Image of a board with kerfs

Image of a board with kerfs

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 sewn corners of boxes

Image of sewn corners of boxes

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.

Items on display in Montréal

Items on display in Montréal

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".

Kwakwaka'wakw

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.

McCord Museum

File contains images of bentwood boxes housed at the McCord Museum. The textual records contained in this file are copies of catalogue records.

Museum of Anthropology

File mainly contains images of bentwood boxes housed at the Museum of Anthropology, but also contains images of other Northwest Coast artifacts such as cedar hats and carvings.

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