Kwakwaka'wakw

Eagle in black and red on white

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Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a painting of an eagle with spread wings and feet.

Eagle painting

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Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts an eagle, which seems to be painted on canvas rather than paper.

Eagle Painting Red Border

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Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a painting done on wood, depicting an eagle. The painting is flanked by two small carvings that face the painting, depicting a bear and an eagle.

Eagle sculpture, Kwakwakw’wakw

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Item
February 1970

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of Kawkwakw'wakw eagle sculpture, when it was located at UBC's Totem Park. The sculpture is now part of MOA's object collection.

Anthony Carter

Early cuts on a pole

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Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts carver Doug Cranmer using a chain saw to make early cuts on a pole.

Early cuts on a totem pole

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Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts Doug Cranmer using a chain saw to make early cuts on a totem pole.

Early stage carving

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Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts Doug Cranmer in the early stages of carving a pole.

Elder in ceremonial dress

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Item
[ca. 1964-1966]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a male elder wearing regalia that includes a black tunic with some kind of tassels on the tunic front and on his boots. Other people, both elders and young people, also appear in the picture, wearing regalia. Picture was taken outdoors and a man wearing a button blanket speaks into a microphone.

Entrance to Gallery 3

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Item
[197-?]

Part of MOA General Media collection

The entrance to Gallery 3 (now the O'Brian Gallery) from the Great Hall at the Museum of Anthropology. House posts and totem poles are also visible.

Facial closeup of freestanding carving

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Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a closeup of the head of a freestanding carving. Painted in black, white, and red, it depicts a face with prominent ears, eyes, and mouth. An unpainted section can be seen on the top of the head. See also items a34570 and a34572 for other views of this carving.

Feast dish

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Item
[197?]

Part of Anthony Carter fonds

Image of a feast dish. This dish is now part of MOA's object collection.

Anthony Carter

Feast dish by Charlie James on display in Montréal

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Item
1969 or 1970

Part of MOA General Media collection

Feast dish by Charlie James on display for the Museum of Anthropology's Northwest Coast exhibit for "Man and His World".

Felled tree

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Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a tree with bark intact. The tree sits on some sort of support.

Finished pole ready for transport

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Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a completed pole, wrapped and enclosed in a wooden frame, ready for transport. Image appears to have been taken at a loading dock.

Finishing touches on the pole

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Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a nearly completed totem pole with a man, possibly Douglas Cranmer, working on it. Vintage cars are visible in the distance.

Flora and James Sewid

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Item
[ca. 198-]

Part of Paddling to Where I Stand collection

Image of two people dancing. More people on the background.
Handwritten annotations on back "Lorne & Dasiy" and "Flora and James Sewid"
Item was originally numbered by creator with number 121.

Freestanding carving, side view

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Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a side view of a freestanding carving. Painted in black, white, and red, it depicts a face with prominent ears, eyes, and mouth. In this view the white vest and hands are also visible. An unpainted section can be seen on the top of the head. See also items a34570 and a34571 for other views of this carving.

Freestanding figure with white feet

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Item
[ca. 1964 - 1967]

Part of Virginia Kehoe fonds

Image depicts a frontal view of a freestanding figure with white feet. The figure also has hands raised to chest height and wears a white vest decorated with crests. See also items a34571 and a34572 for other views of this carving.