Display from the exhibit "Japanese Culture and Art." Features several shrine and figures related to Buddhism and Shinto. This exhibit was done on the arrival of materials collected by Dr. Ronald Dore of the department of Asian Studies who directed the installation of this exhibit.
This photograph shows Shirley Cuthbertson with two children viewing a display drawer in visible storage. Cuthbertson worked in education programming in museums at at the time of this photograph was likely Director of Education at the BC Provincial Museum.
Grizzly Bear house frontal totem pole being worked on by members of the B.C. Totem Pole Preservation Committee. This pole was removed from Skedans and is now housed at the Museum of Anthropology.
Slide projection in Montréal. This was part of the Daily Life section of the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World." Slides were projected at various points in the exhibit. This image is from a photograph taken by Edward Curtis.
Slide projection in Montréal. This was part of the Daily Life section of the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World." Slides were projected at various points in the exhibit. This image is from a photograph taken by Edward Curtis.
Snowshoes and furs on display at the Vancouver Centennial Museum. This display was installed by the Museum of Anthropology as the opening exhibition of the Vancouver Centennial Museum.
Display for the exhibit "Canadian Native Handicrafts." Shows snowshoes, baskets, and other items. Many items for this exhibit were loaned by the Canadian Handicrafts Guild.
Display for the Museum of Anthropology. Uncertain relation to exhibits. Possibly for an Oceania exhibit that may have been in place in 1969. Shows gourds, spatulae, and other items.
Image shows an audience on the shoreline and the E & N train trestle watch members of the Songhees First Nation dance the Sxwayxwey for a potlatch. This photograph was likely provided by the Provincial Archives of British Columbia to the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss for his book "The Way of the Masks."
Image shows an audience on the shoreline and the E & N train trestle watch members of the Songhees First Nation dance the Sxwayxwey for a potlatch. This photograph was likely provided by the Provincial Archives of British Columbia to the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss for his book "The Way of the Masks."
Item is the first of three sound recordings made by Dr. Ida Halpern that feature Mr. and Mrs. Fred Louis of Kitimat, British Columbia singing Nuu-chah-nulth songs, along with drum accompaniment. Fred Louis introduces each song. There is some use of the Haisla language in the content descriptions written on the reel container.