- UBC Museum of Anthropology Library & Archives
- Alan R. Sawyer fonds
- Northwest Coast First Nations artifacts research
- Slides of artifacts
Slides of artifacts
subseries[1962 - 1988, predominate 1977-1984]A
Description only — contact the archiveOpen enclosing description at source ↗Search source for this title ↗
This description was harvested from its parent's finding aid, but the source catalogue gave no direct link for it. The link opens the nearest enclosing description; look there for A.
Where
Not on the map yet.
No image of this description itself; its photos are below.
Search for a place, or click the map, to drop the pin where the photo was taken. Street View follows the pin.
- Held by
- — via UBC Museum of Anthropology Library & Archives
- Creator
- Alan R. Sawyer
- Dates
- [1962 - 1988, predominate 1977-1984] (indexed as 1962–1988)
- Level
- subseries
- Extent
- ca. 8,860 slides
- Scope & content
- Subseries consists of photographic slides taken by Sawyer of Northwest Coast artifacts housed in various museums around North America and Europe, or of artifacts located in First Nation villages on BC’s northwest coast and/or the Alaskan panhandle. Some of the artifacts include the following: masks; totem poles; hats and helmets; effigies and figures; headdresses and frontlets; fishing equipment; weavings and blankets; armor and weaponry; shaman regalia and wands; boxes; necklaces; combs; and various household items such as bowls. A majority of the slides contain additional information about the artifact depicted in it. This information may include the following: name of the artifact; the First Nations community from which the artifact originated from; the museum and/or location of the artifact; the dimensions of the artifact; and/or the date of the artifact’s creation. ref # 13-1-A
- Location
No place found in this description yet.
- Genre / form
- Graphic material
- Access & use
- Some of the slides in this collection are duplicates from Bill Holm, an expert of Northwest Coast art and artifacts. Images taken from Holm’s collection are noted on the individual slides.
- Harvested
- 2026-10-15T07:27:16Z · source datestamp n/a · ead