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Letter opener with totem pole design. From top, the carved figures are: bird with separately carved and attached wings spread; seated wolf or bear. 'Victoria. B.C.' written on the blade.
Small lidded pot with burnished finish. Pot (part a) has a wide mouth, and sloped and rounded shoulder that narrows to a small flat base. Artist signature, date made, and title incised on base. Large circular lid (part b) is decorated across exterior surface with formline motifs, done in relief. Centre of design consists of a face with wide eyes, straight brows, large nose, and an open mouth with the tongue sticking out; markings on forehead and cheeks. Face is surrounded by a wide band, with protruding split U-shapes that extend to edge of lid. Lid has a long lip that curves downward; flange closer to centre of interior. Exterior surfaces of pot and lid range in colour from off-white to black; speckling throughout. Interiors are smooth and somewhat rough in texture; coloured light grey.
Small lathe-turned wooden bowl (part a) with a fitted lid (part b). Two rectangular panels are carved along exterior sides of bowl with formline designs that mirror one another; designs consist of ovoids with eyes and with teeth, and circles with small tapering triangles extending from the bottom edges. The ovoids with the teeth design are along the bottom edges of the panels with the circle designs above them. Small trigon and crescent cutouts along top and bottom edges of panels, toward centres. Panels and carvings done in mix of relief and raised styles. Interior of bowl is undecorated; small ledge for lid to rest on. Lid has a raised circular knob; short flange extends from bottom. Base of bowl has artist signature in pencil: "83 Cranmer".
Model pole with a thunderbird on top and a masked human at the base. The bird on top has wings pointing upward, in black, red and green; a large yellow beak and feet; two small vertical black ears, green around its eyes and a red mouth. The human at the base is in a kneeling position and has bear claw hands in black outline, a red-brown body, a mask-like face with bright green across the eyes, red on the nose and mouth, and black painted hair on top. The middle section is rounded and painted in two shades of green. The pole is attached to an unpainted, square wooden base, with nail heads showing on the bottom. Artist name and date written on the back of the bird, in black, under the wings.
Wooden, two symmetrical dish halves (parts a-b) in form of a killer whale and squid; carved and painted. The inside has a black painted sea serpent ? design on both sides. The two halves are held together by a metal latch; together the dish is conical in shape. The dish is painted in black, red, white and green.
Tamer's headdress. Cedar bark headdress in the form of a rounded beak: two semi-circular flaps at front representing a beak with two long oval shapes that sit on top of beak, a hooked nose that projects out over the beak. Bunched cedar strips are attached at the top of the headdress frame with thick white string, and white string is wrapped around the base of the frame at the back. (Photos show mask without the nose piece; nose repaired in 2021.)
Poster from a set of 12; caption says “Decolonize”. Front of poster is beige with an abstract design, consisting of formline elements, overtop. Border and negative space, between designs, is beige. Motifs are in the upper three quarters of the image, and are done in blue, blue-grey, dark blue and red. Bottom section is a dark blue band, with the “Decolonize” caption along the top edge and a row of ovoids below. Designs and text are done in blue-grey. Back of poster is white, with the artist statement and series information typed in black ink.
Poster from a set of 12; caption says “Confront”. Front of poster is beige with an abstract design, consisting of formline elements, overtop. Border and negative space, between designs, is beige. Motifs are in the upper three quarters of the image, and are done in blue, blue-grey, dark blue and red. Bottom section is a dark blue band, with the “Confront” caption along the top edge and a row of ovoids below. Designs and text are done in blue-grey. Back of poster is white, with the artist statement and series information typed in black ink.
Poster from a set of 12; caption says “Challenge Stereotypes”. Front of poster is beige with an abstract design, consisting of formline elements, overtop. Border and negative space, between designs, is beige. Motifs are in upper three quarters of the image, and are done in blue, blue-grey, dark blue and red. Bottom section is a dark blue band, with the “Challenge” caption along the top edge and “Stereotypes” along the bottom. Short row of small ovoids in between words. Designs and text are done in blue-grey. Back of poster is white, with the artist statement and series information typed in black ink.
Poster from a set of 12; caption says “Idle Know More”. Front of poster is beige with an abstract design, consisting of formline elements, overtop. Border and negative space, between designs, is beige. Motifs are in upper three quarters of the image, and are done in blue, blue-grey, dark blue and red. Bottom section is a dark blue band, with the “Idle Know More” caption along the left side. Rest of band is filled with ovoids. Designs and text are done in blue-grey. Back of poster is white, with the artist statement and series information typed in black ink.