Carvings
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Interview with Bill Reid about Celebration of the Raven Part 1
- 132-3-A-12-MOA-110
- Item
- 1982
Part of MOA General Media collection
Item is the first of a three part sound recording of an interview with Bill Reid about the origins of his carving The Raven and the First Men, located at MOA. The interviewer is unknown. During the interview Bill Reid discusses how the sculpture was the result of a highly collaborative process involving other artists, his impression of the location of the carving in MOA, and his working relationship with Walter C. Koerner who commissioned the sculpture. He lastly discusses his representation and interpretation of the Haida legend that the carving is based on. This recording is part of Celebration of the Raven which documented the creation of the Raven and the First Men Sculpture, its relocation to the Museum of Anthropology, and the unveiling by the Prince of Wales in 1982.
- 1-1-S-1 (8.5)
- File
- [ca. 1984]
File contains images of objects used in the exhibit.
Don Bain Massive Carvings Documentation Project
- 133-01-05-C
- Subseries
- [1991?]-[1996?]
Subseries consists of records collected or created by Don Bain during the course of his Massive Carvings Documentation Project. This project took place in the early to mid 1990s. The Massive Carvings Documentation Project was intended to compile information directly related to the poles and massive carvings in the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) collection into a set of Totem Pole Files. The Totem Pole Files were intended to be accessible to MOA staff, volunteers, students, and the general public. The subseries is divided into two sub subseries:
a. Totem pole files
b. Working files
- 1-2-X-4 (12.8)-a035942
- Item
- ca. 2000
Image depicts a transformation mask created by artist Stan Wamiss (Kwakwaka'wakw) installed at the Vancouver International Airport.
- 1-4-A-17 (19.9)
- File
- [2000 - 2004]
File contains photocopied images of Haida and Nuxalk masks housed at the Pitt Rivers Museum. Other textual records include information on featured Northwest Coast masks and correspondence between McLennan and the museum. The photographs contain images of masks and other Northwest Coast artifacts such as hats, combs, and carvings housed at Pitt Rivers Museum.
- 1-2-X-4 (12.8)-a035943
- Item
- ca. 2000
Image shows a whaling canoe carved by artist Tim Paul (Nuu-chah-nulth).
A child play with the Wasgo sculpture
- 132-1-C-C-a041521
- Item
- 1976?
Part of MOA General Media collection
A child in the Museum of Anthropology plays with the Wasgo sculpture by Bill Reid.
Bill Reid's bear sculpture in the Museum of Anthropology
- 132-1-C-C-a041522
- Item
- 1976?
Part of MOA General Media collection
Bill Reid's bear sculpture. This item was commissioned by Walter C. Koerner in 1963 and later donated to the University of British Columbia.
Bill Reid's bear sculpture in the Museum of Anthropology
- 132-1-C-C-a041523
- Item
- 1976?
Part of MOA General Media collection
Bill Reid's bear sculpture. This item was commissioned by Walter C. Koerner in 1963 and later donated to the University of British Columbia.
- 132-1-C-C-a041545
- Item
- 1976?
Part of MOA General Media collection
A view of the entrance to the Museum of Anthropology with the 'Ksan doors.
View of the Great Hall from the O'Brian Gallery
- 132-1-C-C-a041569
- Item
- 1976?
Part of MOA General Media collection
View of the Great Hall from the O'Brian Gallery in the Museum of Anthropology. A carving of an ancestor figure is visible on the viewer's right and a model totem pole on the viewer's left.
View of the Great Hall from Gallery 3
- 132-1-C-C-a041776
- Item
- [197-?]
Part of MOA General Media collection
View of the Great Hall from Gallery 3 (now known as the O'Brian Gallery).
Bill Reid's bear sculpture in the Museum of Anthropology
- 132-1-C-C-a041530
- Item
- 1976?
Part of MOA General Media collection
Bill Reid's bear sculpture. This item was commissioned by Walter C. Koerner in 1963 and later donated to the University of British Columbia.
Bill Reid's bear sculpture in the Museum of Anthropology
- 132-1-C-C-a041561
- Item
- 1976?
Part of MOA General Media collection
Bill Reid's bear sculpture. This item was commissioned by Walter C. Koerner in 1963 and later donated to the University of British Columbia.
View of the Great Hall from the O'Brian Gallery
- 132-1-C-C-a041568
- Item
- 1976?
Part of MOA General Media collection
View of the Great Hall from the O'Brian Gallery in the Museum of Anthropology. A carving of an ancestor figure is visible on the viewer's right.
A sculpture of an Inuit man playing the drum
- 132-1-C-C-a041604
- Item
- [197-?]
Part of MOA General Media collection
A soap stone and caribou bone sculpture of an Inuit man playing the drum.