Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Kwakiutl Village, Northern Vancouver, About 1870

25-05-12-a039622
Item
[197-]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a photograph of a Kwakwaka'wakw village in North Vancouver, from about 1870

Anthony Carter

Kwakiutl Wedding Party

132-1-C-A-a040295
Item
November 13, 1914

Part of MOA General Media collection

This photograph, taken by Edward S. Curtis, shows a Kwakwaka'wakw wedding party. The Bride is Abayah, who is marrying her first husband. She later married Mungo Martin.

Kwakiutl, new Mungo Martin pole #1, Totem Park, UBC, Vancouver

134-a040103c
Item
7 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Carved by Mungo Martin 1951. Erected in UBC Totem Park. Moved to MOA in 1970’s but not erected in Great Hall until 2012 after repairs.

Kwakiutl, raven totem pole #3, Totem Park, UBC, Vancouver

134-a040102c
Item
7 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

Carved by Charlie James c. 1900 (Fort Rupert). Collected by Marius Barbeau and Arthur Price. The pole was re-adzed and re-painted by Kwakwaka'wakw carver Mungo Martin before shipping in 1947. Repainted and repaired by Ellen Neel (1949) and by Mungo Martin (1950-51). It stood at Totem Pole Park, UBC Campus until it was re-located to the Museum's Great Hall c. 1976.

Kwakiutl, top of eagle crest pole, Totem Park, UBC, Vancouver

134-a040101c
Item
7 Aug. 1972

Part of E. Polly Hammer fonds

One of a pair purchased in 1947 from collectors Marius Barbeau and Arthur Price. Collected from Alert Bay. The piece was repainted and repaired (including the replacement of the wings) by Ellen Neel (1949) and by Mungo Martin (1950-51).

Kwakwaka'wakw

1-4-C-2 (61.2-5; 62.1-4)
File
[199-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains a combination of images of Kwakwaka'wakw artifacts housed in various museums and images of historical Kwakwaka'wakw villages on Vancouver Island and along the Northwest Coast of British Columbia. Artifacts include totem poles, bentwood boxes, carvings, masks, and Kwakwaka'wakw artwork such as paintings and drawings. There are historical photographs of the following villages: Gwat'sinuxw (Quatsino), Kwikwasutinuxw (Gilford Island), A'wa'etlala Village (Knight's Inlet), Mamalikala (Village Island), Wiwekalu Village of T'la'mataxw (Campbell River), Kwixa Village (Salmon River), Dunaxda'xw Village (New Vancouver), and Gwa'sala Village (Smith Inlet). The textual records include information about some of the photographs, identifying items such as the people, the villages, and/or the artifacts depicted in the photographs.

Kwakwaka'wakw displays at MOA

25-05-10
File
1976

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

File consists of images of Kwakwaka'wakw displays the the Museum of Anthropology at UBC.

Anthony Carter

Kwakwaka'wakw feast spoons, U.B.C.

25-05-10-a038689
Item
1976

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of two Kwakwaka'wakw feast spoons, located at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.

Anthony Carter

Kwakwaka'wakw feast spoons, U.B.C.

25-05-10-a038688
Item
1976

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of two Kwakwaka'wakw feast spoons, located at the Museum of Anthropology.

Anthony Carter

Kwakwaka'wakw house post and a feast dish on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040364
Item
1969 or 1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

A Kwakwaka'wakw house post and a feast dish from the Museum of Anthropology on display for the Northwest coast exhibit of "Man and His World" in Montréal.