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Ronnie Tessler fonds
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[Stripping bark]

Image is of Isaac and Chip stripping bark from canoe log. The end of a hand-shaped pole is visible on right side of image.

[Cut portion of log]

Image is of (north) side of canoe log that had been cut during welcome ceremony. Bark scraps visible on ground. Front of longhouse frames the background of the image.

[Before bark stripping]

Image is of base (hull) and (north) side of canoe log that had been cut during welcome ceremony. Bark scraps visible on ground. Image taken from slight angle. Front of longhouse and totem pole visible in background.

[Base of log]

Image is of base (hull) and (south) side of canoe log, prior to bark stripping. Top of totem pole visible in background.

[Base of log]

Image is of base (hull) and (south) side of canoe log, prior to bark stripping. Front of longhouse visible on left side of image.

[Before bark stripping]

Image is of base (hull) and (north) side of canoe log, prior to bark stripping. Bark scraps visible on ground, in front of cut section of log. Top of longhouse and totem pole visible in background.

[Before bark stripping]

Image is of (north) side of canoe log, prior to bark stripping. Longhouse visible in background of image.

[Post-bark stripping]

Image is of (south) side of canoe log, following bark stripping. Bark scraps cover ground in between canoe log and longhouse.

[Isaac Tait at display table]

Image is of Isaac seated at a display table. He is putting on an arm guard(?), while in his lap rests a totem pole carving. Various tools are visible on the table.

Ronnie Tessler fonds

  • 12
  • Fonds
  • 1986 - 1987

The fonds consists of photographs created by Ronnie Tessler between 1986 and 1987 documenting a canoe project by Nisga’a carver Norman Tait. The project was abandoned in the summer of 1987, and the canoe was left uncompleted. The photographs depict models for the canoe, transportation of the log for the canoe to the Museum of Anthropology, ceremonies performed throughout the project, and various stages of work on the canoe and model. Additional photographs from this period depict a totem pole-raising ceremony at Capilano Mall in North Vancouver, as well as portraits of Les Baker, a model Tait wanted to use for a “white man” mask. The fonds is arranged into a single series: Norman Tait canoe project and related materials.

Ronnie Tessler

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