Box 55
Contains 33 Results:
The First People: A Tlu'wulahu Headdress postcard, 2000
This headdress features a loon and the double-headed serpent, the Sisiutl. The Sisutl's body is a face. This headdress would have been worn in the ceremonial dances of the Kwakwaka'wakw people of the Northwest Coast. Photographed by Edward Curtis in 1914.
The First People: Nimkish Village at Alert Bay postcard, 2000
Each house is identified by the crests displayed on house fronts and poles. The figure at the foreground represents a raven; during feasts, guests enter through its beak. Photographed on Vancouver Island by Edward Curtis in 1914.
The First People: Approaching the Feast postcard, 2000
This 60 foot ceremonial Kwagiulth canoe carries the groom and his family towards the beach to meet the bride and her family. Kolus is at the head of the canoe, the groom at the rear. The character carved on the side of the canoe is "Nax wax daxw", also known as the sea eagle. Photographed on the coast of British Columbia by Edward Curtis, 1914.
The First People: Yan Village, Haida Gwaii postcard, 2000
Group photograph of people in Yan Village on haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands). Each house was identified with crests which were displayed on house fronts and mortuary poles. Photographed by Edward Dossetter in 1881.
Inuit Accordian Music - A Better Kept Secret by Jim Hiscott, 2000
Article about accordion players in the Eastern Arctic, featuring native Inuit musicians
Interpreting World Heritage 2007: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2007 March 25-29
Catalogue and schedule for the 2007 Interpreting World Heritage Conference (includes French version)
14th Annual Okanagan Spring Wine Festival Events Guide, 2008 May 1-10
Events guide for the 2008 Wine Festival in British Columbia
2008 Thompson Okanagan Travel Guide, 2008
Travel guide for British Columbia
Soviet Art Pamphlet, 1988
Pamphlet of Russian (possibly Ukranian) artwork from the Soviet Union
Fables from Tartary by Masguda Shamsutdinova, 2003
Music from the Tartar region (CD)