Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Slides and scrapbooks of artifacts
General material designation
- Graphic material
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title based on the contents of the subseries.
Level of description
Subseries
Reference code
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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[1967 – 1988, predominately 1976-1983] (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
1432 photographs : color prints and slides + 24 contact sheets
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Custodial history
Scope and content
Subseries consists of photographic slides and prints and contact sheets taken by Sawyer of Northwest Coast artifacts housed in various museums around North America and Europe. Some of the artifacts include the following: masks; hats and helmets; headdresses and frontlets; fishing equipment; weavings and blankets; armor and weaponry; shaman regalia; boxes; and various household items such as bowls. A majority of the slides contain additional information about the artifact depicted in it. This information may include the following: name of the artifact; the First Nations community from which the artifact originated from; the museum and/or location of the artifact; the dimensions of the artifact; and/or the date of the artifact’s creation.
ref # 13-2-A
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
Sawyer arranged some of the collection according to the First Nations community from which the artifact originated, by type of artifact, or a combination of both. However, the majority of the slides have not been arranged, and many of the files contain more artifacts than stated in the titles.
Language of material
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
A box/file list is available.