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Museum of Anthropology 12864/1

Photo-based work showing a section of the Museum's Great Hall in 1991. Image shows a Kwakwaka'wakw bear house post (A50036) in front of the Great Hall windows. The view outside the windows shows a partial ocean view in front of mountains to the north, and part of a tree on the museum grounds. Photograph is framed with white painted wood and plexiglas.

Culture
Canadian
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sxwayxwey Dance Moccasins2621/1 a-b

Pair of leather dance moccasins with tassels around the ankle and lower calf. Beaded floral design on top of foot. Top of upper tassel has been edged by pinking shears and lined with purple fabric. Leather is hand-stitched. Leather laces.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
leather skin, fibre, dye and glass
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spirit Dance Wrist BandA17071 c-d

Pair of wrist bands from a Spirit Dance costume.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spirit Dance BeltA17071 b

Belt from a Spirit Dance costume.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Totem PoleNb3.1330

From bottom, figures include: raven, Dzunuk'wa, Bookwus, man holding frog, sea bear holding killer whale, Thunderbird with a whale on its chest.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spirit Dance StaffA17070

Long staff, pointed at the top, skinned bare of bark and branches up to 14 in. from the top where a series of 6 branches extend perpendicularly from the staff in all directions. A number of deer hooves and feathers are fastened with thongs and string around the branches. A blue nylon scarf is tied just below.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
wood, deer hoof, nylon fibre, leather skin and feather
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spirit Dance HeaddressA17071 a

Wool headdress woven in sections with cotton warp for about four inches. One piece of wire is shaped to fit the crown of an old felt hat. More wire is attached to this and comes to a point bent forward. The smallest section of wool is circled around this and joined together. The other two are attached to a cloth which is in turn attached to the hat. It is crowned with raven feathers.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
raven feather, wool fibre, cotton fibre and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sxwayxwey WhistleA2251

Whistle made of two pieces of red cedar bound together with strips of cherry bark, also has a diaphragm or reed of cherry bark.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
cedar wood and cherry bark
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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