Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Jimmie John's carvings

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1968

Parte deAnthony Carter fonds

Image of a carving of a winged creature by Nootka carver Jimmie John.

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Jimmie John's carvings

25-03-04-a037853
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1968

Parte deAnthony Carter fonds

Image of a carving by Nootka carver Jimmie John. The carving is a replica of the famous Chief Maquinna mask

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Jimmie John's carvings

25-03-04-a037862
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1968

Parte deAnthony Carter fonds

Image of two of carvings by Jimmie John. A similar image is pictured on page 97 of Carter's book "From History's Locker," with the caption: "Jimmie John, one of the best of the Nootka carvers, shown here displaying a piece of his work, a replica of the famous Chief Maquinna mask."

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Killer whale mask

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[ca. 1965 - 1970]

Parte deVirginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a frontal view of a killer whale mask. A distinguishing feature is the long fin that rises from the top of the mask.

Killer whale mask, disassembled

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[ca. 1965 - 1970]

Parte deVirginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a disassembled killer whale mask. The fin is not yet attached to the face.

Killer whale mask, side view

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[ca. 1965 - 1970]

Parte deVirginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a side view of a killer whale mask. A distinguishing feature is the long fin that rises from the top of the mask.

Masks and small canoe carving displayed on table

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1955 or 1956

Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds

Massive Carving Gallery, Montreal

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[1969]

Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds

Image of carvings, likely on display at the Man and His World exhibition at the site of the Expo 67 in Montreal.

Memorial carving for a chief

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1948

Parte deStanley E. Read fonds

Image depicts a carving (possibly concrete) of a fish-like creature with a dorsal fin, mounted on stone. The inscription reads CHIEF WIEAHAKYSOU (?) Died Mar 1912 Aged 70 years.

Model, B. Reid, Raven and Clam myth

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1970 or later

Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds

Image of Bill Reid's small boxwood sculpture "The Raven Discovering Mankind in a Clam Shell," which he completed in 1970. He was later commissioned to make a much larger version of this sculpture for the Museum of Anthropology, which he titled "The Raven and the First Men."