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Tape for Mask Group, Anthropology 431

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.

Masks in the old museum office

Masks in what appears to be the office in the Museum of Anthropology's old location in the library basement. The office is clearly being packed up to be moved to the new Museum of Anthropology building.

Bentwood boxes and other items

Bentwood boxes, a feast dish lid, and several masks and headdresses in the Great Hall or at the Crossroads in the Museum of Anthropology. These items may have been placed here temporarily as items were being moved into the new museum space.

Bentwood boxes and other items

Bentwood boxes, a feast dish lid, and several masks and headdresses in the Great Hall or at the Crossroads in the Museum of Anthropology. These items may have been placed here temporarily as items were being moved into the new museum space.

Bentwood boxes and other items

Bentwood boxes, a feast dish lid, and several masks and headdresses in the Great Hall or at the Crossroads in the Museum of Anthropology. These items may have been placed here temporarily as items were being moved into the new museum space.

Museum catalogue and display

Museum catalogue with display of Northwest Coast masks in visible storage at the Museum of Anthropology. This photograph illustrates how the catalogues available to museum visitors could be used to learn about the items on display.

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