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K'ikw (Carved figure) Kolus-Younger brother of Thunderbird. topic or Culture: Kwakwaka'wakw; Tlat'lasikwala. Location: Hope Island, BC, Canada. The subject is made of red cedar wood and dates to c.1880. Its UBC museum catalogue No. is A50011 a-b.
K'ikw (Carved figure) Kolus-Younger brother of Thunderbird. Topic or Culture: Kwakwaka'wakw; Tlat'lasikwala. Location: Hope Island, BC, Canada. The subject is made of red cedar wood and dates to c.1880. Its UBC museum catalogue No. is A50011 a-b.
Bentwood box painted and carved with human/frog transformation by Richard Sumner (b.1956). Topic or Culture: Kwakwaka'wakw: Mamalilikala. The subject is made of red cedar, yew and cedar bark wood. Its UBC museum catalogue number is Nb3.1489
Bentwood storage box. Culture: Nuu-chah-nulth (West coast of Vancouver Island, BC, Canada). The object is made of red cedar wood and dates to c.1870. Its UBC museum catalogue number is Nb11.375 a-b.
A Luk'wa or Feast dish. It was made by Henry Hunt (1923-1985) from red cedar wood around 1966. The subject's native culture is Kwakwaka'wakw: Kwangul. Its UBC Museum catalogue number is Nb3.1438
A Bentwood storage box made by Bruce Alfred (b.1950). Its subject (or culture?) is Kwakwaka'wakw: 'Namgis The object originated from 'Yalis in Alert Bay, BC, Canada, and was made of red cedar wood in 1981. It was a gift of UBC Museum of Anthropology shop volunteers and its museum catalogue number is Nb3.1355 a-b
A Galdas or Storage chest bearing a 'sea-bear motif.' It is attributed to Tom Patch Wamiss (1895-1963). Its subject culture or culture? is Kwakwaka'wakw: Dzawada'enuxw. The object originated from Gwa'yi in Kingcome Inlet, BC, Canada and is made of red cedar wood. Created around c.1930, it was added to the Walter C. Koerner art Collection in 1972; Koerner later donated his entire collection to the UBC Museum of Anthropology in the late 1980s where its UBC museum catalogue number is A5307
A "Galdas" or storage chest featuring a sea monster motif by Arthur Shaughnessy (1884-1945). Its subject or culture? is Kwakwaka'wakw: Gwa'sala. Origin: Takus from Smith Inlet, BC, Canada. Made from red cedar wood, this object dates to c.1930 and was a UBC Museum of Anthropology purchase in 1953. Its Museum catalogue number is A4285
A boat shaped Lukwalil (house dish) with human figures. Subject or Culture?: Kwakwaka'wakw: Kwikwasutinuxw. This Lukwalil originates from Gwa'yasdam's (Gilford Island, BC, Canada) and is composed of red cedar wood, metal and hair. It has been in the Walter C. Koerner Collection since 1976 before Koerner donated it to UBC's Museum of Anthropology in the late 1980's where its museum catalogue number is A2524. Note: Big house dishes like this were once used for food such as fish or deer stew but in later times they were pulled out and moved around the fire in the bighouse just to announce that the feast would soon start.
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