File contains a combination of historical photographs depicting village life of the Coast Salish people, and modern day photographs of Salish artifacts housed in various museums around the world. The historical photographs contain images of Coast Salish peoples, totem poles, house posts, canoes, and petroglyphs. The modern day photographs contain images of Coast Salish artifacts such as blankets, spindle whorls, masks, carvings, house posts and totem poles, and household items such as combs and bowls. The textual records contained in this file are photocopies of images of Coast Salish artifacts housed in various museums around the world.
Item is a photograph of a procession of people walking down a road in Alert Bay in ceremonial dress (button blankets, headdresses) and regular clothes. Mungo Martin and Daisy Neel lead the group in the front row.
Item is a photograph of men gathered together for an event celebrating British Columbia's centennial in Alert Bay in 1958. They are sitting down in front of a painted wall and some are wearing ceremonial dress, such as button blankets and woven cedar headbands. A drum and a painted dance screen [thunderbird?] on fabric are also visible. Men in the photograph include: Charles Nowell, Billy Assu, and George Scow.
Arts and crafts display featuring a Chilkat blanket, hats, spoons, baskets, and other items. The caption for this slide indicates that the photograph was taken in Milwaukee, possibly the Milkwaukee Public Museum.
Drawing of a Salish woman weaving a blanket. This photograph may be from an exhibit at the old Museum of Anthropology dealing with Northwest coast technology.
Image of a sample of Northwest coast cedar bark weaving. This photograph may have been taken from an exhibit at the old Museum of Anthropology dealing with Northwest coast technology.
Image of a northwest coast cedar bark shredder being used. These were used to soften cedar bark before weaving it. This photograph may have been taken from an exhibit at the old Museum of Anthropology dealing with Northwest coast technology.
Image of a cedar bark beater with a length a cedar bark. This photograph may have been taken from an exhibit at the old Museum of Anthropology dealing with Northwest coast technology.
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".
