Material Culture

Moon Mask Dancers

132-1-C-A-a040341
Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Image of Moon Mask Dancers painting by Chief Henry Speck.

Montreal 1969 [carvings on display]

51-01-36-a039848
Item
1969

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Image of carvings, likely on display at the Man and His World exhibition at the site of the Expo 67 in Montreal.

Montreal 1969

51-01-36-a039856
Item
1969

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Image of carvings on display in Montreal, possibly at the Man and His World exhibit at the Expo 67 site.

Moencofore

47-2-a032784
Item
[189-]

Part of Frederich H. Maude fonds

Photograph of two Hopi women (whom Maude identifies using the outdated term Moki) weaving a manta.

Model, B. Reid, Raven and Clam myth

51-01-32-a035229
Item
1970 or later

Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds

Image of Bill Reid's small boxwood sculpture "The Raven Discovering Mankind in a Clam Shell," which he completed in 1970. He was later commissioned to make a much larger version of this sculpture for the Museum of Anthropology, which he titled "The Raven and the First Men."

Moccasins and gloves

132-1-C-B-a040764
Item
1950

Part of MOA General Media collection

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

Moccasins and gloves

132-1-C-B-a040762
Item
1950

Part of MOA General Media collection

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

MOA News: The Newsletter of the UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vol 2 No 2, January 1997

124-02-04-05
Item
January 1997

Part of MOA Publications and Ephemera collection

The newsletter contains 7 articles about the museum as well as photographs, facsimiles of artworks, and general visitor information. Subjects include the Hawaiian travelling exhibition Maui: Turning Back the Sky, the Volunteer Associates, the exhibition Vereinigung, a project involving a secondary school art class and ceramics, new Booking Coordinator Anna Nobile, a project to identify the fibres used in ceremonial blankets, and the book An Illustrated Guide to Totem Poles by Dr. Marjorie Halpin. Also included is a Calendar of Events.

MOA Magazine, Issue 06, Fall 2018

124-02-07-06
Item
Fall 2018

Part of MOA Publications and Ephemera collection

This issue contains articles on current and upcoming exhibitions, Great Hall seismic upgrade renovations, Carol E. Mayer's trip to the island of Erub, volunteer Marcie Powell's work on textiles, contemporary art in the Multiversity Galleries, Debra Sparrow's weaving at the museum, the raising of a new Raven Pole at Wuikinuxv Village, the Volunteer Associates enrichment trip, the Native Youth Program, and an interview with Ann Stevenson, retiring Information Manager.

Mink and clouds

92-3-a034556
Item
1965

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a painting of a mink and clouds, created by Douglas Cranmer in 1965. Additional notes say, "Sh 50 Ap. 2.8"

Metal work - bracelets, daggers, coppers, spoons

1-1-UUU-2 (56.8)
File
[1995]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File mainly contains images of Northwest Coast metal artifacts including bracelets, daggers, coppers, spoons. The textual records include photocopies of images found in the file.

Memorial carving for a chief

94-a034850
Item
1948

Part of Stanley E. Read fonds

Image depicts a carving (possibly concrete) of a fish-like creature with a dorsal fin, mounted on stone. The inscription reads CHIEF WIEAHAKYSOU (?) Died Mar 1912 Aged 70 years.

McCord Museum