Image depicts a woman wearing a button blanket looking at a display of pelts that may be for sale. Other people and booths are visible in this outdoor area.
Item is a recorded interview to Agnes Alfred telling stories on February 10, 1985. Tapes were recorded by Martine Reid, at Chief Jimmy Sewid's house and in the presence of Mrs. Jimmy Sewid and Daisy Sewid-Smith. Item includes 3 tapes:
An original video recording of the interview in a Beta Video Cassette tape
A copy video recording of the interview in VHS a Video Cassette tape
An original audio recording of the interview in an Audio Cassette tape (considered as a backup by creator) Interview was not transcribed
Item is a sound recording of Audrey Hawthorn discussing the work of Mungo Martin as he provides a carving demonstration. Mungo Martin does not speak during the recording. Audrey Hawthorn provides a brief biography of Mungo Martin, a description of his work carving the totem poles that stand at UBC’s totem park, the tools he uses, his design process and lastly describes the the intricate steps required to create Kwakiutl wood carvings.
Image of Agnes Alfred standing by a chair. Photograph taken in a professional studio. Handwritten annotation on back "Axu" Item was originally numbered by creator with number 113.
Image of Agnes Alfred with a wooden sweeter. Handwritten annotation on back "Axu 2003" Item was originally numbered by creator with number 125 and note to location Alert Bay.
Image of Agnes Alfed leading a procession. People on the background. Handwritten annotation on back "Axu leading potlatch procession. No date" and number 10-1. Item was originally numbered by creator with number 123.
Image of four people sitting by a long table. There is a birthday cake on the table and a poster in the back that reads "Happy Birthday Granny Axu." Handwritten annotation on back "(L) Arthur, Alvin, Axuw, Elizabeth (Libby)" Item was originally numbered by creator with number 119.
Image of six people sitting by a long table. There is a birthday cake on the table and a poster in the back that reads "Happy Birthday Granny Axu." Handwritten annotation on back "(L) Arthur, Alvin, Axuw, Elizabeth (Libby), Phillip, Clarence" Item was originally numbered by creator with number 118.
Image of nine people along a table. One of them, Agnes Alfred, is blowing the candles from her birthday cake. There is a part of a poster in the back that reads "Granny Axu." Handwritten annotation on back "(L) Alvin, Axuw, Libby, Lina, Phillip" Item was originally numbered by creator with number 120.
Bear house posts at the entrance to the ramp in the Museum of Anthropology. These figures were transferred from Gilford Island to the Museum of Anthropology in 1956.
Bear house posts at the entrance to the ramp in the Museum of Anthropology. These figures were transferred from Gilford Island to the Museum of Anthropology in 1956.
Image of five people stading by a table with records on it. One of them is holding a microphone. More people on the background. Handwritten annotation on back "Bella Coola Treaty. Paul Willie, Al Speck, Alvin Alfred, George Speck, Alec Smith" Item was originally numbered by creator with number 112.
Image of six people standing around a table with records on it. One of them is holding a microphone. More people on the background. Handwritten annotation on back "Bella Coola Treaty. Ernest Willie, Peter Smith, Al Speck, Alvin Alfred, George Speck, Alec Smith" Item was originally numbered by creator with number 109.
Image of six people standing around a table with records on it. One of them is holding a microphone. More people on the background. Handwritten annotation on back "Bella Coola Treaty 1987" Item was originally numbered by creator with number 110.
Image is a close up photograph of four people standing around a table. One of them is holding a microphone. More people on the background. Handwritten annotation on back "Bella Coola Treaty with Qwiqwasutinuxca. (L) Bella Coola: Laurance Maru, Puglas Hall. James Sewid, Al Speck, Alvin Alfred, George Speck" Item was originally numbered by creator with number 111.
The fonds consists of 66 photographic prints, some of which are hand-coloured, stamped “B.W. Leeson Quatsino, B.C.”, labelled on the front or back with explanatory information, or signed in ink. One print of a longhouse is stamped “The Leeson Collection Copyright 1914.” The photographic subject matter relates to British Columbia’s Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations and the British Columbia landscape. Also included is a copy of Portraits of the Indians of Quatsino by Benjamin W. Leeson (Kit #20) by Susan Roper, produced by the Research Project on Early B.C. Photography at the Vancouver Public Library around 1972, and 23 duplicate slides which accompany it.
Bentwood boxes, Chilkat blanket, mask, and other items on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
