Material Culture

Head carving

92-2-a034586
Item
[ca. 1965 - 1970]

Parte deVirginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a cedar carving of a head. The photo depicts the right side of the carving.

Cod mask

92-2-a034592
Item
[ca. 1965 - 1970]

Parte deVirginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a frontal view of a cod fish mask. The mask features a very prominent red tongue.

Arts of Ronen mask, side view

92-2-a034598
Item
[ca. 1965 - 1970]

Parte deVirginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a side view of a mask identified as the Arts of Ronen mask.

Sun mask

92-2-a034612
Item
[ca. 1965 - 1970]

Parte deVirginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a frontal view of a sun mask.

Killer whale mask, disassembled

92-2-a034616
Item
[ca. 1965 - 1970]

Parte deVirginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a disassembled killer whale mask. The fin is not yet attached to the face.

Freestanding figure with white feet

92-1-a034570
Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Parte deVirginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a frontal view of a freestanding figure with white feet. The figure also has hands raised to chest height and wears a white vest decorated with crests. See also items a34571 and a34572 for other views of this carving.

Smaller scale totem

92-1-a034574
Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Parte deVirginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a small scale totem pole which seems to be situated in a cemetery. The bottom figure seems to be human and the top an eagle.

Nootka Canoe drawings and Godfrey Hunt

92-1-a034627
Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Parte deVirginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts carver Godfrey Hunt with drawings made for the Nootka canoe project for the Royal Museum of British Columbia in Victoria, B.C.

21 June 1958 Alert Bay Centennial Celebrations

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Item
June 21, 1958

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.

21 June 1958 Alert Bay Centennial Celebrations

41-1-a060273c
Item
June 21, 1958

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.

Maggie Louis, Musqueam weaver