Several dishes on display in Montréal
- 132-1-C-A-a040399
- Stuk
- 1969 or 1970
Part of MOA General Media collection
Several dishes on display for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
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Several dishes on display in Montréal
Part of MOA General Media collection
Several dishes on display for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
Bear, wolf and frog totem pole, Anthony Island
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of a totem pole on Anthony Island, Haida Gwaii. This appears to be a pole now housed at the Museum of Anthropology (museum item #A50018). This museum item is described as follows: "Base section of a wooden pole, crescent-shaped in cross section and carved in shallow and deep relief. From the top down: a large seated bear with a small wolf between and in its ears and a downward facing frog emerging from the bear’s mouth. In between its arms and legs is a downward facing wolf... Stood outside at the center of the Mountain House, which belonged to the lineage of 'Those Born in the Southern Part of the Islands' of the Eagle Moiety of the Kunghit Haida. Stood near the centre of the village facing the beach along a small bay on the east side of Anthony Island. Island and village also called Skunggwai, or Red Cod Island."
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of a house post on Anthony Island, Haida Gwaii. This appears to be a post now housed at the Museum of Anthropology (museum item #A50016). This museum item is described as follows: "Totem, crescent shaped in cross section, carved in shallow and deep relief. From top to bottom: human with hands at right angles and fingertips touching. The arms are folded with the elbows resting on squared ears of figure below. Enclosed within this frame is a small human/hawk face with beak, surmounting the head, shoulders, and forepaws of an emerging bear cub. At the base is a bear from whose ears frogs look downward. The bear has curled nostrils; upturned mouth, raised forearms with five fingers folded over each palm, small human face between forearms... Stood at centre of back wall inside house called 'Raven House', belonging to the lineage of the'Sand Town People' of Raven moiety of Kunghit Haida. MacDonald lists it as house number 17... Pole standing when collected...Figures are crests belonging to the lineage of the owners of the house, the 'Sand Town People' of the Raven moiety. They may also refer to the Bear Mother myth."
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Totem pole in forest, Anthony Island
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of the Haida house at the Museum of Anthropology while it was being constructed. Two men are in the picture.
Haida house under construction, UBC
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of the Haida house at the Museum of Anthropology while being constructed.
New pole in Old Massett, Robt. Davidson, Massett, Aug. 69
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of a totem pole in Massett, Haida Gwaii. The pole was carved by Robert Davidson, and is seen just after it was raised. A crowd is still gathered for the pole raising ceremony.
Robert Davidson, '69 Natl Museum
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of Robert Davidson working on a painting in 1969. Based on the annotations on the slide ("Natl Museum'), this was possibly for the National Gallery of Canada or another one of Canada's national museums.
Part of Harry B. Hawthorn fonds
Portrait of Robert Davidson, Jr. (23 yrs), Haida carver & artist
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Portrait of Robert Davidson, Jr. (23 yrs), Haida carver & artist.
Zonder titel
Portrait of Robert Davidson, Jr. (23 yrs), Haida carver & artist
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Portrait of Robert Davidson, Jr. (23 yrs), Haida carver & artist.
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Portrait of Robert Davidson, Jr. (23 yrs), Haida carver & artist
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Portrait of Robert Davidson, Jr. (23 yrs), Haida carver & artist.
Zonder titel
Robert Davidson (Jr.), carving
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of Haida artist Robert Davidson Jr., carving a pole.
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Robert Davidson [Jr.], silver work
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of silver work by Haida artist Robert Davidson Jr.
Zonder titel
File contains correspondence and art packages. The two art packages consists of Northwest Coast Art and The Whale House of the Chilkat. These packages contain historic photographs with full explanations, as well as high lighting the design elements. They were published by the Alaska State Museum.
File includes one photograph of MOA Object ID A7103 which is a bentwood chest. The contents of this file were used to create object labels for MOA's Great Hall.
Part of MOA General Media collection
Image of a bentwood box by Charles Edenshaw. This photograph may be from an exhibit at the old Museum of Anthropology dealing with Northwest coast technology.
Potlatch items on display in Montréal
Part of MOA General Media collection
Items from the Museum of Anthropology including house posts, feast dishes, a bentwood box, and model totem poles, on display in Montréal for the Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".