[Beginning of welcome ceremony]
- 12-12-01-12-01-03-a036282
- Pièce
- February 1987
Fait partie de Ronnie Tessler fonds
Image is of crowd gathering for start of welcome ceremony. Table with cedar bark is in image foreground.
[Beginning of welcome ceremony]
Fait partie de Ronnie Tessler fonds
Image is of crowd gathering for start of welcome ceremony. Table with cedar bark is in image foreground.
[Beginning of welcome ceremony]
Fait partie de Ronnie Tessler fonds
Image is of unidentified person standing in front of initial cuts to canoe log at beginning of welcome ceremony. Ron can be seen holding skin drum. Table with cedar bark is in image foreground.
[Beginning of welcome ceremony with Dean of Arts]
Fait partie de Ronnie Tessler fonds
Image is of Dean of Arts speaking at beginning of welcome ceremony. Norman stands holding canoe paddle in front of initial cuts to canoe log. Table with cedar bark and carvings is in foreground. Ron, Isaac, and Rob't stand off to side of canoe log.
Fait partie de Ronnie Tessler fonds
Image is of Norman retrieving carving from table with cedar bark and canoe carving. Josiah, Ron, Isaac, Rob't, and unidentified person stand near initial cuts to canoe log in background of image.
Fait partie de Ronnie Tessler fonds
Image is of Joe David preparing to begin welcome ceremony chant. His daughter is hiding underneath his button blanket. Crowd watches in background of image.
Fait partie de Ronnie Tessler fonds
Image is of guests and Tait family members standing near canoe log during welcome ceremony. Mortuary house is visible in the background.
Joe David prepares to start his chant to welcome log
Fait partie de Ronnie Tessler fonds
Image is of Isaac, Rob't, Mercy, Norman, and Joe David standing in front of canoe log during welcome ceremony. Joe David faces the log and prepares to begin his ceremonial chant. Mercy and Norman are speaking to one another.
[Norman begins squirrel dance on top of log]
Fait partie de Ronnie Tessler fonds
Image is of Tait family members wearing button blankets and crowd watching Norman as he begins his squirrel dance. Norman stands on top of the far end of the canoe log.
Fait partie de Ronnie Tessler fonds
Image is of Tait family members wearing button blankets and watching Norman as he performs his squirrel dance on top of canoe log. Table with cedar bark and carvings is in right foreground of image.
Fait partie de Ronnie Tessler fonds
Image is of Tait family members wearing button blankets and watching Norman as he performs his squirrel dance on top of the canoe log.
Fait partie de Ronnie Tessler fonds
Image is of Tait family members watching Norman perform his squirrel dance on top of the canoe log. Top center of longhouse is visible in the background.
[Squirrel dance and family chants]
Fait partie de Ronnie Tessler fonds
Image is of Tait family members wearing button blankets and watching Norman perform his squirrel dance on top of the canoe log.
Squirrel dance [and family chants]
Fait partie de Ronnie Tessler fonds
Image is of Tait family members wearing button blankets and watching Norman as he performs his squirrel dance on top of the canoe log. Family members hold and beat skin drums as they chant.
Fait partie de Ronnie Tessler fonds
Image is of unidentified person wearing button blanket and watching & chanting as Norman performs his squirrel dance on top of canoe log.
[Norman, Mercy, and Tait men stand in front of log]
Fait partie de Ronnie Tessler fonds
Image is of Mercy, Norman, Rob't, Ron, Wayne, and Isaac wearing button blankets and standing in front of canoe log. Mercy addresses the crowd.
Fait partie de Ronnie Tessler fonds
Image is of Mercy using adze to make first cut. Family members (Sadie, Josiah, Wayne, Isaac) watch the process from various angles.
Fait partie de Ronnie Tessler fonds
Image is of Moya Waters holding umbrella centre left and unidentified persons gathered to watch welcome ceremony and first cuts.
Fait partie de Ronnie Tessler fonds
Image is of Tait family members (Rob't, Sadie, Josiah, Mercy, and Ron) standing in front of canoe log. Unidentified persons watch from various angles.
[Norman in front of first cut]
Fait partie de Ronnie Tessler fonds
Image is of Norman standing and smiling in front of canoe log, next to first cut section. Rob't, Sadie, and Josiah watch from the side.
[Norman and Mercy post-ceremony]
Fait partie de Ronnie Tessler fonds
Image is of Norman, Mercy, Isaac, and Ron standing near canoe log, post-ceremony. They are re-positioning themselves.