Cultural groups

Tahltan correspondence and notes for MAP grant

104-6-A-31
File
2000 - 2001

Part of Pam Brown fonds

Tahltan consent forms: approval for quotes and pictures

104-6-A-21
File
2003

Part of Pam Brown fonds

Tahltan collection

104-7-14
File
ca. 2007 - 2009

Part of Pam Brown fonds

Tahltan children's quotes (Melva), consent Telegraph Creek

104-6-A-23
File
ca. 2003

Part of Pam Brown fonds

Includes activity sheets completed by children as part of a an activity at the exhibition, consent forms from their parents and photos.

Tahltan application to MAP

104-6-A-15
File
1999

Part of Pam Brown fonds

Application for funding from the Museum Assistance Programme for Tahltan exhibit collaboration. Includes narrative, budget information, letters of support from partners and more.

Tahltan Advisory Committee meetings, Oct 2002, May 2003

104-6-A-19
File
2002 - 2003

Part of Pam Brown fonds

Feedback on exhibition meetings from Haisla interns Paul Windsor and Fran Bolton, exhibit outline, and exhibition project newsletter.

Taha, Pat, Jack & George

25-01-02
File
1953-[1967?]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

File consists of images of Chief George Slahholt of the Burrard Reserve and his wife Taha, mother of Chief Dan George. Images also include a few other individuals identified as Jack, Herbert, and Paddy.

Anthony Carter

Sxwayxwey mask on display in Montréal

132-1-C-A-a040489
Item
1969 or 1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

Sxwayxwey mask on display in Montréal for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Sxwayxwey mask from the Museum of Anthropology

132-1-C-C-a041594
Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Image of a Sxwayxwey mask from the Museum of Anthropology's collection.

Swimming in the Summer

148-02-a035828
Item
1975 or 1976

Part of Kyuquot: Village by the Sea collection

An image of children sitting on an inflatable pool tube, a child standing on a dock and leaning onto a motor boat in the background. According to the documentation included with the filmstrip, the description of the image states "Swimming in the Summer".

Susan Point carving Flight (Spindle Whorl)

1-2-X-4 (12.8)-a035938
Item
[ca.1995-1996]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

Image of Susan Point (Musqueam) carving Flight (Spindle Whorl) in a workshop. The work appears to be near completion.

Susan Point carving

1-4-B-44 (23.5)-a035944
Item
ca.1995-1996

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

Image of Susan Point carving. She is likely carving the work Flight (Spindle Whorl).

Susan Point – museum note

1-4-B-45 (23.6)
File
[199-?]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains images of artwork by Susan Point for the MOA museum notes series.

Susan Point

1-4-B-44 (23.5)
File
[ca. 1995-1997]

Part of William McLennan (MOA Curator) fonds

File contains images of Susan Point and others working on two totem poles and the giant spindle whorl displayed at YVR airport. In addition are textual records relating to the design of these artworks.

Supports being affixed to a totem pole

132-1-C-C-a041499
Item
August 1975?

Part of MOA General Media collection

Workers affixing supports to a totem pole in Totem Park in advance of it being moved from Totem Park to the new Museum of Anthropology building.
This pole was carved by George Hunt Sr. The pole is now part of the museum's collection. This pole was originally carved for the Edward S. Curtis film "In the Land of the War Canoes" which was originally titled "In the Land of the Head Hunters." The pole was repaired and re-painted by carvers Ellen Neel in 1949 and Mungo Martin in 1950-51. It stood at Totem Park, UBC Campus until it was re-located to the Museum's Great Hall in 1976.

Sunset at Reserve Wharf

148-02-a035852
Item
1975 or 1976

Part of Kyuquot: Village by the Sea collection

An image of a boat docked at the harbor at sunset. According to the documentation included with the filmstrip, the description of the image states "The Reserve wharf at sunset."

Sun mask

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

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a frontal view of a sun mask.

Student research materials

13-1-D
Subseries
[1969 – 1983, predominate 1982-1983]

Part of Alan R. Sawyer fonds

Subseries consists of research material created by Sawyer, as well as his students, regarding Northwest coast artifacts. The majority of this research pertains to a specific type of artifact known as the “Jenna Cass” mask. This portrait mask was created by the Haida First Nations, and is known for its colouring and pronounced lebret piercing. Textual materials in this subseries include reports, iconic analysis, handwritten notes, memos, correspondence, and photocopies of articles related to Jenna Cass and other artifacts research. Graphic materials include photographs, slides, film negatives, and drawings of Jenna Cass masks. Other materials not related to the Jenna Cass research include photocopies of published articles related to Northwest coast artifacts.

ref # 13-1-D