Date: 1972
Description: Edith Campbell picking huckelberries. These scenes of food gathering and processing were initiated in order to record some of the traditional food practices among the Gitxsan 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 such as those written by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon. The Book Builders of 'Ksan produced a…
Date: 1972
Description: Edith Campbell and her grandaughter picking huckelberries. These scenes of food gathering and processing were initiated in order to record some of the traditional food practices among the Gitxsan 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 such as those written by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon. The Book Builders…
Name(s): Halpin, Marjorie, M., 1937-
Description: Cedar bark headband, banded cedar bark style, with cedar bark bunches at front fastened with twine and fabric print.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Cemetery with cross and gravestone with a frog figure coming out of it.
Date: 1966
Name(s): Ochs, Peter
Description: Detail of the marble eagle grave monument.
Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: left: ""Joseph Skiltsas"" right: ""Mary Joseph"" Graves at Masset.
Date: 1913
Name(s): Newcombe, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1851-1924
Description: Round House and Covered with Cedar Bark House and all of the poles associated with the houses from the centre area of Yan.
Description: Gitxsan cedar bark ceremonial hat. CMC colleciton
Description: Club with a number of decorative features including carved faces with human hair, sea otter teeth and molars.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Boy wearing grizzly bear claw crown and button blanket.
Date: 1966
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Boy wearing grizzly bear claw crown and button blanket.
Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Adelaide de Menil, in communication with Bill Reid, traveled the Northwest Coast from Vancouver Island to Southeast Alaska photographing the monumental art of Coastal First Nations. Many of the images she captured show totem poles, and architecture in the final stages of decay before returning to the forest. The title of these images reflect the date that they were taken, and the roll and frame number assigned by Ms. de Menil.
Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Adelaide de Menil, in communication with Bill Reid, traveled the Northwest Coast from Vancouver Island to Southeast Alaska photographing the monumental art of Coastal First Nations. Many of the images she captured show totem poles, and architecture in the final stages of decay before returning to the forest. The title of these images reflect the date that they were taken, and the roll and frame number assigned by Ms. de Menil.
Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Adelaide de Menil, in communication with Bill Reid, traveled the Northwest Coast from Vancouver Island to Southeast Alaska photographing the monumental art of Coastal First Nations. Many of the images she captured show totem poles, and architecture in the final stages of decay before returning to the forest. The title of these images reflect the date that they were taken, and the roll and frame number assigned by Ms. de Menil.
Date: 1968
Name(s): De Menil, Adelaide
Description: Adelaide de Menil, in communication with Bill Reid, traveled the Northwest Coast from Vancouver Island to Southeast Alaska photographing the monumental art of Coastal First Nations. Many of the images she captured show totem poles, and architecture in the final stages of decay before returning to the forest. The title of these images reflect the date that they were taken, and the roll and frame number assigned by Ms. de Menil.
