Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Yuquot cemetery

18-a036604
Item
1967-1968

Part of Ed Eckley collection

Item is a photograph of a fenced Nuu-chah-nulth cemetery at Yuquot (Friendly Cove)

Wolf headdress

132-1-C-C-a041600
Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

A wolf headdress. These were used as temporary grave markers to indicate a memorial potlatch was being planned.

Whaling Canoe

1-2-X-4 (12.8)-a035943
Item
ca. 2000

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

Image shows a whaling canoe carved by artist Tim Paul (Nuu-chah-nulth).

Two wolf headdresses

132-1-C-C-a041598
Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Two Nuu-chah-nulth wolf headdresses. These were used as temporary grave parkers to indicate a memorial potlatch was being planned.

Totem pole, Uchucklesaht

25-03-18-a038250
Item
1973

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a the only standing totem pole left at Uchucklesaht village site on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island, with Carter's dog, Edda Lite.

Anthony Carter

Totem pole, Ehattesaht, Esperanza Inlet

25-03-11-a038164
Item
[1972]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a totem pole at the Ehahsitaht Village site. A similar image is printed on page 117 of Carter's book "From History's Locker," with the caption: "From the cliff above the village site of Ehahsitaht the figures of this solitary totem look out on Esperanza Inlet."

Anthony Carter

Totem pole, Ehattesaht

25-03-11-a038159
Item
1972

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a totem pole at the Ehahsitaht Village site.

Anthony Carter

Top section of totem pole, Ehattesaht

25-03-11-a038160
Item
1972

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Anthony Carter

Top section of totem pole, Ehattesaht

25-03-11-a038161
Item
1972

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Anthony Carter

Top section of the only standing totem left at Uchucklesaht, Vancouver Island

25-03-18-a038254
Item
1973

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a the only standing totem pole left at Uchucklesaht village site on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island.

Anthony Carter

Top section of the only standing totem left at Uchucklesaht, Vancouver Island

25-03-18-a038255
Item
1973

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a the only standing totem pole left at Uchucklesaht village site on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island.

Anthony Carter

The Pacific Passage

1-2-X-4 (12.8)-a035941
Item
ca. 2000

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

Image depicts the exhibition The Pacific Passage installed at the Vancouver International Airport. The focal point of the photograph is Hetux, a large Thunderbird sculpture created by artist Connie Watts (Nuu-chah-nulth, Gitxsan and Kwakwaka'wakw).

The only standing totem left at Uchucklesaht, Vancouver Island

25-03-18-a038256
Item
1973

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a the only standing totem pole left at Uchucklesaht village site on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island.

Anthony Carter

Songs by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Louis of Kitimat Part 3

132-3-B-8-MAN-090A
Item
195-

Part of MOA General Media collection

Item is third of three sound recordings made by Dr. Ida Halpern that feature Mr. and Ms. Fred Louis of Kitimat, British Columbia singing what are possibly Nuu-chah-nulth songs, along with drum accompaniment. Mr. Louis introduces each song. He states in the recording that most songs are written by his cousin Simon Peter of Iqaluit.

Songs by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Louis of Kitimat Part 2

132-3-B-8-MAN-032A
Item
May 25, 1951

Part of MOA General Media collection

Item is the second of three sound recordings made by Dr. Ida Halpern that feature Mr. and Ms. 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. This recording was possibly made by Dr. Ida Halpern.

Songs by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Louis of Kitimat Part 1

132-3-B-8-MAN-031A
Item
[195-]

Part of MOA General Media collection

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.