Whale masks on display in Montréal
- 132-1-C-A-a040452
- Item
- 1969 or 1970
Part of MOA General Media collection
Whale masks on display in Montréal for the Musem of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
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Whale masks on display in Montréal
Part of MOA General Media collection
Whale masks on display in Montréal for the Musem of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
Image shows a whaling canoe carved by artist Tim Paul (Nuu-chah-nulth).
Whistles on display in visible storage
Part of MOA General Media collection
Whistles on display in visible storage at the Museum of Anthropology.
Whistles on display in visible storage
Part of MOA General Media collection
Whistles on display in visible storage at the Museum of Anthropology.
Whistles on display in visible storage
Part of MOA General Media collection
Whistles on display in visible storage at the Museum of Anthropology.
Wide view of the potlatch gallery in Montréal
Part of MOA General Media collection
Wider view of items from the Museum of Anthropology on display in Montréal for the Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
Wide view of the potlatch gallery in Montréal
Part of MOA General Media collection
Wider view of items from the Museum of Anthropology on display in Montréal for the Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".
The fonds consists of black and white photographs and negatives. Subjects depicted include villages, boats and ferries, landscapes, bridges, logging clearcuts, and totem poles. Some of the photos appear to be of the Lions Gate Bridge, Stanley Park, and the Capilano Suspension Bridge.
William Carr
Wilson Duff interview with Jonathan Johnson at Kispiox
Part of Wilson Duff fonds
Item is an audio recording of an interview by Wilson Duff with Jonathan Johnson about the geography of the Gitxsan village of Kispiox and surrounding region. According to Tribal Boundaries in the Nass Watershed by Neil J. Stewart (MOA Reading Room, call number 12.7c GIT STE), Jonathan Johnson (1902-1968) of Kispiox was from the House of Xhliimlaxha and had knowledge of territories in the Nass watershed, including his father’s territory at Gwinhagiistxw. In interviews that took place on July 6 and 7, 1965, Duff gathered information about house territories in the Nass and Skeena watersheds to produce a map showing territories and numbered sites at Kispiox, see the Wilson Duff fonds at MOA, Box/File# Mc15, File# 10-B-21.
An image showing ocean waves breaking on shore. According to the documentation included with the filmstrip, the description of the image states "During the Winter it rains most days and is often foggy, and there are always some terrible storms. Walter's Cove is protected, but the other side of Walter's Island is open to the full force of a South-East gale! This frame shows a wave smashing into the shore at outside beach. (See accompanying map of Kyuquot.)"
Part of MOA General Media collection
Wolf dish carved by Bill Reid while he was in Montréal.
Part of MOA General Media collection
A wolf headdress. These were used as temporary grave markers to indicate a memorial potlatch was being planned.
Wolf housepost, Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw), Mamalilikulla
Part of Anthony Carter fonds
Image of carved house posts at the Mamalilikulla village, Village Island. The post is now lying in the grass.
Anthony Carter
Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds
Image depicts a woman wearing regalia carrying a drum and mallet. The drum is painted with an image that may be an eagle.
Part of Robert Reford fonds
Item is an image of a woman by a building. There are some buildings, poles, and canoes in the background. According to annotations, photograph was taken in G?aw (also known as Old Massett) in the Haida Gwaii archipielago
Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds
Image depicts a woman wearing wearing a mix of western clothing and regalia dancing outdoors. Several other woman can be seen dancing behind her. Spectators watch the dance as well.
Part of Robert Reford fonds
Item is an image of a woman walking away from the camera with three buildings and a totem pole in the background. According to annotations, photograph was taken in G?aw (also known as Old Massett) in the Haida Gwaii archipielago
Part of Robert Reford fonds
Item is an image of a woman by a building. According to annotations, photograph was taken in G?aw (also known as Old Massett) in the Haida Gwaii archipielago
Part of Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada Slide Collection
Item is a hand-tinted glass lantern slide of a woman in a shawl. According to annotations, photograph was taken in Alert Bay.
Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds
Image depicts a woman and several children all wearing regalia. The woman holds what appears to be a collection of fur pelts.