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.
Image depicts a transformation mask created by artist Stan Wamiss (Kwakwaka'wakw) installed at the Vancouver International Airport.
A button blanket, frontlet, and staff on display in Montréal
Parte deMOA General Media collection
A button blanket, frontlet, and staff on display in Montréal in Expo 67 pavilion.
Bentwood boxes, Chilkat blanket, mask, and other items on display in Montréal
Parte deMOA General Media collection
Bentwood boxes, Chilkat blanket, mask, and other items on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
A bentwood box, mask, spoons and other items on display in Montréal
Parte deMOA General Media collection
A bentwood box, mask, spoons and other items on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
Puppets on display in Montréal
Parte deMOA General Media collection
Puppets on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
Puppets on display in Montréal
Parte deMOA General Media collection
Puppets on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
Puppets on display in Montréal
Parte deMOA General Media collection
Puppets on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
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 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.
File contains historical images of Nuu-chah-nulth villages and peoples. There is a focus on totem poles and canoes. There are also photographs of a pole raising ceremony to commemorate the visit of Governor General Willingdon who came to Tofino/Ucluelet in the 1920s. There are images of James Rush, Chief Miste Laabats Hamtsiid, and Chief Joseph John, dressed in Nuu-chah-nulth regalia.
Parte deAnthony Carter fonds
Portrait of Jimmie John with one of his carvings. A similar image is pictured on page 97 of Carter's book "From History's Locker," with the caption: "Jimmie John, one of the best of the Nootka carvers, shown here displaying a piece of his work, a replica of the famous Chief Maquinna mask."
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Parte deAnthony Carter fonds
Image of a carving of a winged creature by Nootka carver Jimmie John.
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Parte deAnthony Carter fonds
Portrait of Jimmie John with two of his carvings. A similar image is pictured on page 97 of Carter's book "From History's Locker," with the caption: "Jimmie John, one of the best of the Nootka carvers, shown here displaying a piece of his work, a replica of the famous Chief Maquinna mask."
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