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Photograph2784/9

Black and white photograph taken inside the UBC carving shed during the Haida House Project, 1961. Closeup 3/4 view of a carved pole (A50030), taken from below, shows face pierced by a killer whale dorsal fin. Signed on reverse.

Culture
Canadian
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Photograph2784/6

Black and white photograph taken during the Haida House Project, 1961. Close up frontal view of the central part of the mortuary house frontal pole (A50033), showing a frog inside another figure's mouth. Signed on reverse.

Culture
Canadian
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Photograph2784/5

Black and white photograph taken during the Haida House Project, 1961. Frontal view of the top of a carved house pole (A50031), taken close, from below. Signed on reverse.

Culture
Canadian
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Photograph2784/4

Black and white photograph of the base of a totem pole taken during the Haida House Project, 1961. Close up side right view of carved house pole (A50031), showing an eye of a bird holding a human in its beak. Signed on reverse.

Culture
Canadian
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Photograph2784/2

Black and white photograph taken at the UBC carving shed during the Haida House Project, 1961. Side right view of carver Bill Reid crouched on top of the partially carved Wasgo sculpture (A50029), chiseling near the head area. Signed on reverse.

Culture
Canadian
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Photograph2784/1

Black and white photograph taken at UBC carving shed during the Haida House Project, 1961. Frontal 3/4 angle view of carver Bill Reid, crouched on top of wood making a cut in what eventually became his Wasgo carving (A50029). Signed on reverse.

Culture
Canadian
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sacrifice3542/2

Large photograph of a southern magnolia flower on a folding chair, in a damaged room. Large sections of ceiling have fallen out; tiled floor is cracked and peeling with pieces missing. Walls of room have large cracks and white stains around them. Dark blue chalkboard-like panel along back wall of room; strips of board are peeling off along the right side. Black speaker attached to wall above panel and a dial controller below; closed half-glass door to left of panel. Large window on side wall of room has a white and green boat crashed through the frame. Nets and ropes scattered on floor underneath window. Additional debris swept into back corner of room; chair is in the foreground.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Fukushima, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sacrifice3542/3

Large photograph of plants in a rubber boot, in an open window frame; the plants are misohagi (lythrum anceps), Jerusalem artichoke and crape myrtle. The boot is in the centre of frame; room window is set in dark grey, with cracks in the walls. Signs peeling off wall to left of window; open door to right, blocking edge of window frame. Assortment of ceramics, papers and wood debris underneath window. In the background outside, there are tall green plants and barren grey-brown trees; the sky is clear.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Fukushima, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sacrifice3542/1

Large photograph of mizuaoi flowers in a Jōmon pottery vase, on a black background. Flowers are purple, and have thick stems and large green leaves; vase is brown with a light yellow lip that flares outward. Portions of lip that are visible have a scalloped edge; lip is mostly covered by overhanging blossoms and leaves. Body of vase has horizontal channels carved around sides, forming columns. Raised swirls and incised circles throughout columns; negative space filled with imprinted dots.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Fukushima, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Our Ancestors' Trail: Real Camo3491/1

Lightbox photograph. Large digital photographic print mounted inside a painted, wood-framed lightbox, painted black. Print depicts three figures wearing grey camouflage on a mountainside. The mountainside stretches from the top left to the bottom right corner of the horizontal print. In the other half of the image, the cloudy sky is shown and another trapezoid-shaped mountain is visible in the background. The three figures are spaced evenly along the mountainside and are shown in profile. The figure higher up the slope is sitting with knees bent, head down and arms circling their knees. Figure in middle is most in focus, shown kneeling on the ground, head bent forward, with their arms stretched out in front. The figure towards the bottom of the slope is sitting with their back to the camera, with their head tilted down, leaning back on their right arm. The mountainside is covered in an assortment of grey, brown and white rocks, and pieces of obsidian.

Culture
Tahltan
Material
wood, plastic, paper, ink and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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