This file contains images of Coast Salish and Kwakwaka'wakw artifacts. Many of the photos are official photographs taken by various museums in Canada and the United States, but others are historical photos. These artifacts include masks, rattles, carvings, fishing equipment and fish processing, canoes, and North Coast architecture, such as long houses and house posts.
R.H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology - Berkeley
File contains images of bentwood boxes housed at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley (formerly known as the RH Lowie Museum of Anthropology). The textual records contained in this file are copies of catalogue records.
File includes one photograph of MOA Object ID A8211 which is a bentwood chest. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
File includes one photograph of MOA Object ID A9416 which is a bentwood chest. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
File includes one photograph of MOA Object ID A7103 which is a bentwood chest. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
File includes one photograph of MOA Object ID A399 which is a bentwood box. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
File mainly contains historical images of Haida and Tlingit villages and totem poles located on the Northwest Coast of British Columbia and Alaska. There are also images of Haida and Tlingit peoples dressed in regalia. Other photos include images of Haida and Tlingit artifacts, such as bentwood boxes and carvings, housed in various museums around the world. There are also images of a modern day ceremony in front of some totem poles and long houses. The textual records include photocopies of images of totem poles and Haida and Tlingit villages.
The majority of this file contains historical images of the Tlingit and Tahltan First Nations and their respective villages. The other images are of Tlingit or Tahltan artifacts housed in various museums in Canada and the United States. The historic images are of Tlingit or Tahltan villages which include images of Northwest Coast architecture, houses posts and totem poles, canoes, and other household items such as bowls, weavings, and bentwood boxes. There are also some images of the Tlingit people in regalia. The textual records contained in this file is a paper titled "The History of the Babine Carriers," written by Wilfred Adam for the class Education 479, Cross Cultural Education.
File contains a combination of images of Kwakwaka'wakw artifacts housed in various museums and images of historical Kwakwaka'wakw villages on Vancouver Island and along the Northwest Coast of British Columbia. Artifacts include totem poles, bentwood boxes, carvings, masks, and Kwakwaka'wakw artwork such as paintings and drawings. There are historical photographs of the following villages: Gwat'sinuxw (Quatsino), Kwikwasutinuxw (Gilford Island), A'wa'etlala Village (Knight's Inlet), Mamalikala (Village Island), Wiwekalu Village of T'la'mataxw (Campbell River), Kwixa Village (Salmon River), Dunaxda'xw Village (New Vancouver), and Gwa'sala Village (Smith Inlet). The textual records include information about some of the photographs, identifying items such as the people, the villages, and/or the artifacts depicted in the photographs.
File contains images of Tsimshian artifacts housed in museums in British Columbia and in what is now known as the Canadian Museum of History. The file also contains images of Tsimshian villages along the Nass River, and historical photos of Tsimshian peoples.
Captain Carpenter – Museum of Anthropology
File contains images of objects created by Captain Carpenter housed at the Museum of Anthropology, UBC.
Captain Carpenter – Museum of Vancouver
File contains images of objects made by Captain Carpenter housed at the Museum of Vancouver (known then as the Vancouver Museum).
Captain Carpenter – McCord Museum
File contains images taken of objects made by Captain Carpenter housed at the McCord Museum.
File contains images of Northwest Coast boxes and other artifacts such as dishes and shaman drum sets housed at the Field Museum. The textual records include an invoice for the photographs from the Field Museum, as well as a catalogue record for a war rattle.
File contains images of a painted dish from the "F. Smith Coll'n" at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary. There are also two images of bentwood boxes.
File contains colour photographs of Northwest Coast bentwood boxes, masks, and other artifacts housed at the Royal Ontario Museum.
Photographs at Freda Diesing school
File contains images of people, events, and/or artwork associated with and/or produced at the Freda Diesing School. There are also images of longhouses and totem poles.
Private collection - Ethnic Arts Council Seattle
File contains images of bentwood boxes, cedar hats, and paddles from a private collection.
File contains images of a bentwood box from D. Ellis' private collection. It is stated that the box was sold to Ellis from a Musqueam family and then went to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Private collection - P. Sargent's box
File contains images of a bentwood box from Polly Sargent's private collection.