Items from the Museum of Anthropology including house posts, feast dishes, a bentwood box, and model totem poles, on display in Montréal for the Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
A Chilkat blanket, frontlet, and other regalia on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
Items from the Museum of Anthropology including spoons, hats, blankets, dishes, and model totem poles on display in Montréal for the Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
Image of a corner of a box, sewn where a kerf was used to bend a plank of wood into a corner. This image may have been from an exhibit at the old Museum of Anthropology dealing with Northwest coast technology.
A bentwood box by Charles Edenshaw. The museum catalogue number on the slide label is incorrect and should read A9416. This photograph may be from an exhibit at the old Museum of Anthropology dealing with Northwest coast technology.
Hilary Stewart teaching a workshop at the Museum of Anthropology. The drawing on the white board behind her illustrates kerfs, and how they were used to produce bentwood boxes. She is holding a corner section of bentwood, illustrating how the corner was stitched together after being bent.