Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Whale masks on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040452
Item
1969 or 1970

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Whale masks on display in Montréal for the Musem of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Visitors admire masks on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040517
Item
1969 or 1970

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Visitors admire masks on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Vincent Massey being shown a Sxwayxwey mask

132-1-C-C-a041378
Item
23-Jul-56

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Vincent Massey being shown a Sxwayxwey mask at the Museum of Anthropology.

Vincent Massey being shown a Sxwayxwey mask

132-1-C-C-a041390
Item
23-Jul-56

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Vincent Massey being shown a Sxwayxwey mask at the Museum of Anthropology.

Transformation masks on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040524
Item
1969 or 1970

Parte deMOA General Media collection

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

Transformation masks on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040525
Item
1969 or 1970

Parte deMOA General Media collection

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

Transformation mask on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040526
Item
1969 or 1970

Parte deMOA General Media collection

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

Transformation mask on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040527
Item
1969 or 1970

Parte deMOA General Media collection

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

The Shaman Northwest Coast

132-1-C-B-a040751
Item
[1964?]

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Display for an exhibit. Likely for "Tribal Control of the Supernatural." Displays several items including a staff, carved figures, and rattles. A Sxwayxwey mask is visible in the far right corner of the image.

The carving of a NWC mask often the work of a specialist

132-1-C-B-a040756
Item
[196-?]

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Display for the museum. Uncertain relation to exhibitions. Shows two masks one in the process of being carved with tools nearby.

Roy Hanuse carving a mask

132-1-C-A-a040359
Item
1971

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Roy Hanuse carving what appears to be a Dzunukwa mask.

Person viewing catalogue

132-1-C-D-a041895
Item
[between January and May 1976]

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Persona viewing a catalogue in visible storage with a display of Pacific Northwest Coast masks behind her.

Packing in old museum in preparation for move 1975

132-1-C-E-a043166
Item
[1975?]

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Image of a person packing a mask in the storage area of the old Museum of Anthropology.

Northwest Coast masks in cabinet

132-1-C-B-a040734
Item
[1967?]

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Image of northwest coast masks in visible storage.

Northwest Coast masks in cabinet

132-1-C-B-a040735
Item
[1967?]

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Image of northwest coast masks in visible storage.

Northwest Coast masks in cabinet

132-1-C-B-a040732
Item
[1967?]

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Image of northwest coast masks in visible storage. Includes images of Sxwayxwey masks.

Museum catalogue and display

132-1-C-D-a041853
Item
[between January and May 1976]

Parte deMOA General Media collection

Museum catalogue with display of Northwest Coast masks in visible storage at the Museum of Anthropology. This photograph illustrates how the catalogues available to museum visitors could be used to learn about the items on display.