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Bracelet3682/1

Cuff style silver bracelet. Most of the surface is covered with a double bear(?) motif. The animals face each other, with their noses almost touching at the centre; their back ends and hind feet touch the thin outline at the cuff ends; background mainly filled with crosshatching. Lightly engraved inside: "Carved by C Gladstone Skidegate Mission BC 1951".

Culture
Haida
Material
silver metal
Made in
Skidegate, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Multi-Figure Carving3674/1

Argillite figurative carving of Wasco, Bear and a human; Wasco is upright, facing out to one side, and back to back with Bear, who stands facing out to the other side, and holds an upside-down human by the legs; both are attached to the carved, rectangular base.

Culture
Haida
Material
argillite stone
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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T-shaped Maul3649/1

T-shaped maul, carved from stone.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harbour Canoe3659/1

Traditional style harbour canoe. The designs painted on the outside are Thunderbird and Killer Whale, with a black background.

Culture
Coast Salish: Stz'uminus
Material
red cedar wood, yellow cedar wood, oil paint, lacquer and iron metal
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jug3644/3

Small salt-glazed jug with handle on side. Jug has a circular opening with a pouring lip that extends out from side opposite loop handle. Exterior of jug is slightly ridged; more pronounced across interior. Opening of jug curves inward slightly to globular centre; centre rounds out into a cylindrical body with a flat foot. Jug is light grey with a light blue band around middle; dark brown speckles and lighter brown coating across exterior. Square filled with diagonal zigzags stamped into blue band, underneath pouring lip. Artist pottery studio mark, a slug, stamped along bottom edge of jug, underneath handle; "R6" inscribed on base, below artist mark.

Culture
Canadian
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pendant3639/2

Gold pendant brooch on a box chain with a spring ring clasp. Pendant brooch is thin, and shaped like a bird with formline design elements throughout. Bird has it's head turned to face backward, over it's body; tail feathers pointed down, and wings tucked along back. Round hinge and safety catch clasp across back of brooch, extending from bird's neck to wings. Inscription on back: KSAN- 18K. E.D.M.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
gold metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bear3639/3

Open-backed, engraved silver bracelet with central design of a bear; background is cross-hatched. Bear's eyes are set in ovoids, split-U's form ears, and additional split-U's are on the cheeks. Teeth are bared and tongue is sticking out; large nose overtop mouth. Bear framed on either side with two abstract figures made up of formline design elements; figure closest to bear is upright, furthest is kneeling. Additional figures have large split-U shapes in between them. Interior is undecorated; "Bear by G H Cross. 1975" inscribed along interior.

Culture
Haida
Material
silver metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch3639/4 a-b

Gold frog brooch (part a) that rests on a glass base (part b). Frog has large circular eyes, and wide mouth and nose; surface of body is textured. Front legs are curved outward from front of body; back legs are partially bent. Back right leg is held close to body and back left is pushed out; all webbed feet are fully extended. Ridges carved in relief along back of frog, depicting motion; similar ridges carved along feet, to depict webbing. Body is hollow; brooch has a round hinge and safety catch clasp on back, extending diagonally from the frog's front right leg to back left leg. Artist signature carved into chin of frog. Base made of thick rectangular, and light blue glass; top is frosted. Lily pad design carved into top right corner of holder, with ripples across entire surface; cut out for brooch in centre of lily pad.

Culture
Haida
Material
gold metal and glass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet3639/1

Open-backed, engraved gold bracelet; background is cross-hatched. Central design consists of a circular face with a protruding nose and mouth; squat and elongated U-forms extend from all sides of face on bracelet band. All U-forms are filled with formline design elements. Face framed on either side with three additional figures made up of formline design elements; two in horizontal orientation, third in vertical. Largest figures are crouched on all fours and facing central design; smaller figures crouched on backs of large ones and facing sides of bracelet. Vertical figures have their heads tilted upward. Artist initials inscribed on interior.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
gold metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing3602/9

Drawing reconstruction of a plank for a Tsimshian house-front screen in vertical orientation; done in pencil and maroon pencil crayon. Drawing is of left profile of a figure with a large head, circular body and tail; formline design elements throughout interior. Diagonal maroon band along top edge, above figure. Rectangle-like outline, with a ragged bottom edge, overtop drawing, imitating house plank drawing is based off of. Description and artist signature written along bottom edge of drawing.

Culture
Haisla
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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