Unidentified man holding carved wooden box
- 51-01-28-a039418
- Item
- 1955 or 1956
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
The man in this image may be Chief Jack Johnson.
Unidentified man holding carved wooden box
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
The man in this image may be Chief Jack Johnson.
Masks and small canoe carving displayed on table
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Boy next to carving of canoe and two figures
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Helen Codere '56 [next to old stone carving]
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Carved figure, possibly house post
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Carvings on display in store or home
Photograph depicts a number of carvings that are on display in what appears to be either a store or a house.
Sin título
Photograph of an unidentified painting on a piece of wood. The painting depicts what appears to be a face.
Sin título
Carvings on display in store or home
Photograph depicts a number of carvings that are on display in what appears to be either a store or a house.
Sin título
Carvings on display in store or home
Photograph depicts a number of carvings that are on display in what appears to be either a store or a house.
Sin título
21 June 1958 Alert Bay Centennial Celebrations
Parte deDiane Elizabeth Barwick fonds
Item is a photograph of a procession of people (men, women, children) in ceremonial dress (button blankets, headdresses) walking away from the ferry terminal dock [?] in Alert Bay. The procession is led by Mungo Martin and Daisy Neel. A man dressed in regular clothes, smoking a pipe looks on from the left.
21 June 1958 Alert Bay Centennial Celebrations
Parte deDiane Elizabeth Barwick fonds
Item is a photograph of three young women, and two young girls standing in ceremonial dress (button blankets; carved and painted [wolf?] mask; and headdresses made of woven cedar, weasel(?), abalone, and eagle feathers). They are gathered for an event celebrating British Columbia's centennial in Alert Bay in 1958. Daisy Neel is in the centre wearing the frontlet and her twin sisters are the young girls in front of her. Emma Sewid [Seewid; Seaweed?] and Mabel Sewid [Seewid; Seaweed?] are on either sides of them.
21 June 1958 Alert Bay Centennial Celebrations
Parte deDiane Elizabeth Barwick fonds
Item is a photograph of four men dancing in ceremonial dress (button blankets, carved [eagle?] mask with cedar strips) performing a ceremonial dance in front of a crowd of on-lookers. The man second from the left is Willie Sewid [Seaweed; Seewid?].
21 June 1958 Alert Bay Centennial Celebrations
Parte deDiane Elizabeth Barwick fonds
Item is a photograph of a crowd of people in ceremonial dress and regular clothes watching two people performing a mask dance. One person wears a crooked beak [four-faced?] mask while the other is wearing a button blanket and headdress. Willie Seewid [Seaweed; Sewid?] is the man on the left looking at the dancer - noted by William Wasden Jr., 2005/02/22.
21 June 1958 Alert Bay Centennial Celebrations
Parte deDiane Elizabeth Barwick fonds
Item is a photograph of two men performing a dance while a crowd watches. The man on the right in ceremonial dress (button blanket, cedar bark headdress) is Willie Seewid [Seaweed; Sewid?], who carved the crooked beak mask with cedar strips that is worn by the other dancer on the left.
21 June 1958 Alert Bay Centennial Celebrations
Parte deDiane Elizabeth Barwick fonds
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.
21 June 1958 Alert Bay Centennial Celebrations
Parte deDiane Elizabeth Barwick fonds
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.
Two men in ceremonial dress, Alert Bay
Portrait of two men in ceremonial dress, one of whom is holding a carved and painted stick. The men are standing in front of a painted board and sheet, in a filed in Alert Bay, BC. Based on the content of related images in this file, this photograph was likely taken at an outdoor event and/or salmon barbecue.
Painted sheet at Alert Bay event (?)
Photograph of a painted sheet and small portion of a painted board that are displayed in a field in Alert Bay, BC. Based on the content of related images in this file, this photograph was likely taken at an outdoor event and/or salmon barbecue.