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Part of MOA General Media collection
Item is a series of two photographs showing the rooftops of houses and a totem pole in the foreground. The pole is known as the Nispiq Pole. It belonged to Chief Simon Walkus, Sr. and tells of the origins of the Wuikinuxv people.
Zonder titel
Part of MOA General Media collection
Image of a house post in the house of Thomas Hailhemas on Kitit Island.
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Part of William Carr fonds
Image of the original Skedans Mortuary Pole in Stanley Park. Pole carved in Skidegate in Haida Gwaii in the 1870's.
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Part of William Carr fonds
Image of a memorial pole at Alert Bay. Inscription at the bottom held by the figure reads "In loving memory of Tlaowa Latle of the Qiowasudinuk (Kwakwaka'wakw: Kwikwasut'inuxw) Tribe. Died Nov. 9 [rest of inscription illegible].
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The Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt: Captive of Maquinna
Part of Hilary Stewart fonds
Subseries consists of material related to the production of Stewart's book The Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt: Captive of Maquinna, first published in 1995. This book contains the previously published narrative written by Jewitt (published in 1816), with annotations and illustrations by Stewart.
The Strangled Man: Haida Argillite Carving in Retrospect
Hands of Our Ancestors: The Revival of Salish Weaving at Musqueam
Frog Constellation by Haida Artist Jim Hart
Journey to 'Ksan. 1972 [journal]
Part of Hilary Stewart fonds
Journal with drawings, text, and collected ephemera from Stewart's trip to 'Ksan village in British Columbia.
Tape for Mask Group, Anthropology 431
Part of MOA General Media collection
Item is a sound recording of material used in the UBC course, Anthropology 431. The recording features a speaker discussing Coast Saalish and Kwakwaka'wakw masks in terms of similarities and differences in form and meaning, particularly in reference to writing on the subject by Claude Levi-Strauss. The recording is related to the MOA exhibition Kwakiutl Masks: An Expression of Transformation, which took place from April 15 to December 31, 1979. The content of the recording is repeated three times.
Lecture by Dr. Peter Macnair Part 1
Part of MOA General Media collection
Item is an audio recording of the first of a two-part lecture by Canadian anthropologist Dr. Peter Macnair about Haida and Kwakiutl art. The recording is Lecture #3 in the University of British Columbia's Center for Continuing Education Lecture Series on Traditions of North West Coast Indian Culture.
Lecture by Dr. Peter Macnair Part 2
Part of MOA General Media collection
Item is an audio recording of the second of a two-part lecture by Canadian anthropologist Dr. Peter Macnair about Haida and Kwakiutl art. The recording is Lecture #6 in the University of British Columbia's Center for Continuing Education Lecture Series on Traditions of North West Coast Indian Culture.
Part of MOA General Media collection
Item is an audio recording of women and men singing Haida songs with drum accompaniment. There is no speaking in between songs.
Traditional singing and storytelling by George Myers Part 1
Part of MOA General Media collection
Item is the first of eight audio recordings of George Myers of Riske Creek, British Columbia singing in the Chilcotin language, with drum accompaniment. He speaks in English in between songs about his spiritual beliefs and work as a medicine man.
Traditional singing and storytelling by George Myers Part 2
Part of MOA General Media collection
Item is the second of eight audio recordings of George Myers of Riske Creek, British Columbia singing in the Chilcotin language, with drum accompaniment. He speaks in English in between songs about his spiritual beliefs and work as a medicine man.