Date: 1875 to 1886
Description: View of the village from up the beach
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Tlingit war visor from Yakutat Bay.
Date: 1972
Description: Lottie Muldow mixing yal, which means ""soapberries turned around and around"". This creamy mixture is also known to many by the name Indian ice-cream These scenes of food preperation were initiated in order to record some of the traditional practices of the Gitxsan people and to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers. The objective was to create colour images of practices that were partially captured in earlier black and white photographs and in early texts…
Date: 1981
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Paul Mason and Roy Bolton
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: In the early 1920s, the construction of an Indian village was proposed for the area near Lumberman©s Arch in Stanley Park. The site was chosen because it was located on a massive shell midden, or cultural mound that was the result of many years of Coast Salish habitation. This large deposit of calcified shells covered an area 8 feet deep and spanning several acres. The original poles were all from the Alert Bay area, but others were purchased from the islands of Haida Gwaii and from Rivers…
Description: Tlingit war axe, designed with carved handle, bear or wolf crest at shoulder and nephrite blade. Possibly human hair adorning carved face and inset with operculum shells for teeth. Haft is adorned with weaved basketry.
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Carved club depicting a man with a killer whale helmet. Possibly a Kungit Haida piece from southern part of Haida Gwaii. Probably collected by George Mercer Dawson, 1849-1901.
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Carved club depicting a man with a killer whale helmet. Possibly a Kungit Haida piece from southern part of Haida Gwaii. Probably collected by George Mercer Dawson, 1849-1901.
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Carved club end depicting a man with a killer whale helmet. Possibly a Kungit Haida piece from southern part of Haida Gwaii. Probably collected by George Mercer Dawson, 1849-1901.
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Carved club end depicting a man with a killer whale helmet. Possibly a Kungit Haida piece from southern part of Haida Gwaii. Probably collected by George Mercer Dawson, 1849-1901.
Description: Detail of a carved wooden club depicting a carved animal on the shaft of the club, possibly a sea otter.
Description: War club carved from either red cedar or maple in the form of a smiling human creature.
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Warrior figure or doll wearing armour and a helmet.
Name(s): Sawyer, Alan R. (Alan Reed), 1919-2002
Description: Tlingit war helmet and visor.
Name(s): Sawyer, Alan R. (Alan Reed), 1919-2002
Description: Mannequin donning painting leather vest, double-edged dagger, and war helmet in the image of sea lion.
