Box 55
Contains 33 Results:
The Five Stages of Quitting Farming by John William Kulm, 2002
The Public Folklore collection contains correspondence, newsletters and ephemera such as brochures, mailers, pamphlets, programs, etc. related to public folklore programs in the United States, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico. The materials are divided according to state and further organized into folders of their respective categories chronologically by date.
The Distributor at Fort Norman, Undated
Postcard from the Hudson's Bay Collection with the Hudson's Bay Company 1954 Calendar illustration
R.M. Ballantyne and chief trader George Branston at Tadoussac in 1846 by Charles Comfort, Undated
Postcard depicting artwork by Charles Comfort
The First People: Kotsuis and Hohhuq postcard, 2000
Two masked Kwakwaka'wakw performers represent huge mythical birds who are servitors to the supernatural being Baxbakwalanuxsiwae. Photographed on the Northwest Coast by Edward Curtis in 1914.
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: 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