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MOA General Media collection With digital objects
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Early MOA activities and curatorial research

Subseries consists mainly of photographs collected by MOA for curatorial research, as well as some photographs documenting MOA activities and/or people. Photographs in this subseries were collected in 1976 or earlier. Subject matter of the photographs includes Northwest Coast material culture, people, and geography; MOA history; MOA events; UBC Totem Park; and, a smaller number of non-Northwest Coast cultures.

See attached pdf document for photograph list.

Crowd gathered to watch a ceremony

A crowd gathers to watch an event involving a blanket being thrown. This image may have been provided to the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss. This photograph may be from the British Columbia Provincial Archives.

Video Recordings

Series consists of the video recordings about, by, or related to the Museum of Anthropology. Video recordings can be found in many collections and fonds in the MOA Archives; the recordings in this General Media collection are those that do not belong to a more specific archival collection, usually because their provenance is not known.

Series divided into the following files:

  1. MOA Presents
  2. Movie Footage
  3. Museum of Anthropology
  4. Native Art and Culture
  5. School Programmes
  6. Television Broadcasts
  7. Archaeology
  8. Exhibits
  9. Native Fishing
  10. Films
  11. MOA Collections
  12. Miscellaneous

See attached pdf document for list of recordings.

The South West

Display for the Museum of Anthropology. Uncertain relation to exhibits. Shows blankets, bowls, and other objects.

Moccasins and gloves

Display for the exhibit "Canadian Native Handicrafts." Shows moccasins and gloves. Many items for this exhibit were loaned by the Canadian Handicrafts Guild.

The North

Detail of a display from the old Museum of Anthropology. Uncertain relation to exhibits. Shows several ivory figures, jewelry, and dishes.

Skirt and figures

Detail of a display from the old Museum of Anthropology. Uncertain relation to exhibits. Shows a skirt as well as several small figures.

The South West

Wider view of a display from the old Museum of Anthropology. Uncertain relation to exhibits. Textiles, figures, pottery, and other items.

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