Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Tlingit coin armour with Chinese coins attached for extra protection.
Description: Museum exhibition of Tlingit armour, including a war helmet depicting a human face, and two sets of carved visors. The armour is fabricated from Chinese yuan coins acquired from European traders. Collected by George Emmons, 1894.
Name(s): MacDonald, George F.
Description: Tlingit hide armour with Chinese coins attached.
Description: Coin cuirass, fabricated from hide, in cut of a waistcoat. Chinese yuan are stitched in a grid like manner.
Description: Coin cuirass, fabricated from hide, in cut of a waistcoat. Chinese yuan are stitched in a grid like manner.
Name(s): Sawyer, Alan R. (Alan Reed), 1919-2002
Description: Leather armour fashioned from seal or sea lion with Chinese Yuan coins attached.
Name(s): Sawyer, Alan R. (Alan Reed), 1919-2002
Description: Leather armour covered in Chinese coins. Tlingit primarily acquired these coins through Boston fur traders.
Description: Armour fabricated from a thick hide, fashioned in the style of a vest with collar. Cut is similar to that of a waistcoat.
Description: Armour fabricated from a thick hide, fashioned in the style of a vest with collar. Cut is similar to that of a waistcoat.
Date: 1972
Description: Elsie Morrison collecting cedar bark. These scenes of resource gathering 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 such as those written by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon. The Book Builders of 'Ksan produced a volume on…
Date: 1972
Description: Gertie Morrison and Lottie Muldow collecting cedar bark. These scenes of resource gathering were initiated in order to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers among the Gitxsan.
Date: 1972
Description: Gertie Morrison collecting and preparing cedar bark. These scenes of resource gathering were initiated in order to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers among the Gitxsan.
Date: 1972
Description: Women from Kispiox collecting and preparing cedar bark. These scenes of resource gathering were initiated in order to fill some of the gaps left by earlier anthropologist and cultural observers among the Gitxsan.
Description: Monochrome photograph of numerous headdresses, helmets and hats dating from 18th to late 19th century.
Description: Monochrome photograph of numerous headdresses, helmets and hats dating 18th, and late 19th century.
