This file contains images of Coast Salish and Kwakwaka'wakw artifacts. Many of the photos are official photographs taken by various museums in Canada and the United States, but others are historical photos. These artifacts include masks, rattles, carvings, fishing equipment and fish processing, canoes, and North Coast architecture, such as long houses and house posts.
Part of Minn Sjolseth fonds
File consists of slides depicting various potlatches, totem poles, as well as portraits of various people. Slides also depict some of Minn Sjolseth's paintings. Some slides are labeled with the following: "Face from a Potlatch, Kwakiutl, 1971," "Kitsequechla, 1970," "Potlatch, Kwakiutl, 1971," "Last Watch...," and "Potlatch 75."
Our Chiefs and Elders: Photographs by David Neel, Kwagiutl
The Copper that Came from Heaven: Dance Dramas of the Kwak'waka'wakw
Hunt Family Heritage: Contemporary Kwakiutl Art
Kwagiutl Masks: An Expression of Transformation
History of Copper (20 coppers from Alert Bay), GW(?) Hunt, 1924
Part of Director's fonds
Photocopy of a manuscript about coppers from Alert Bay, BC. Front page notes that it was "sent by GW(?) Hunt, Port Hardy, BC." It also has a stamp from the "Department of Mines geological Survey, received Mar 26, 1924. Division of Anthropology."
Original manuscript might be at UBC's Rare Books and Special Collections library.
File includes one drawing and three photographs of MOA Object ID A50043 which is a speaker's post. The photograph is annotated with handwritten information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
File includes one drawing and two photographs of MOA Object ID A50041 which is a house front totem pole. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
File includes one drawing and three photographs of MOA Object ID A50038 which is a totem pole. The photographs are annotated with handwritten information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
File includes one photograph of MOA Object ID A50042 which is an eagle sculpture. The photograph is annotated with handwritten information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
File includes one drawing of MOA Object ID A50036 which is an interior house post. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
File includes one drawing and seven photographs of MOA Object ID A50037 which is a totem pole. The photographs are annotated with handwritten and typed information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
File includes one drawing and five photographs of MOA Object ID A50019 which is an interior house post. The photographs are annotated with handwritten information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
File includes three photographs of MOA Object ID A50011 a and b which are eagle sculptures. The photographs are annotated with handwritten information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
File includes two drawings and 12 photographs of MOA Object ID A50009 a, b, c, d, e, f, g, and h which are interior house posts as well as images of the villages from where they came and other surrounding carvings. The photographs are annotated with handwritten and typed information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
File includes two drawings and two photographs of MOA Object ID A50010 a, b, c, and d which are interior house posts. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
File includes two drawings and eight photographs of MOA Object ID A50007 a, b, and c which are interior house posts as well as images of the village from where they came. The photographs are annotated with handwritten and typed information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
File includes one drawing and seven photographs of MOA Object ID A50008 a, b, and c which are interior house posts as well as images of the village from where they came. The photographs are annotated with handwritten information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
File includes two photographs of MOA Object ID A4147 which is a feast dish. The photographs are annotated with handwritten information about their original repositories. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.