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Carved wood mortar, probably Haida tribe, British

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1900

Solid stone pounder, cylindrical, with flared poun

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1501-1800

Wooden statue of dancing man holding rattle and we

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1900

Carved wood mortar with projecting handle, probabl

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1900

Carved ivory amulet, possibly shaman's, or carved

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1850-1920

Carved wooden mask, showing a labret in position, British Columbia, Canadian

Ritual mask

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1701-1900

Carved wood mortar with two projecting handles, probably Chilkat tribe, British Columbia, 1801-1900

Carved wood mortar with two projecting handles, pr

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1900

Black shale tobacco pipe, part of stem missing, bowl in the form of a man's head, stylised European head,latticed rectangular cage like section on stem, Haida tribe, Northwest Coast, Indian, Canada, 1851-1910

Black shale tobacco pipe, part of stem missing, bo

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1910

Argalite tobacco pipe, bowl only, decorated with stylised leaves, feathers, possibly a tourist piece, Haida Indians, Queen Charlotte Islands, Canadian, 1880-1930 Argillite tobacco pipe, bowl only, decorated with stylised leaves, feathers, possibly a tourist piece, Haida Indians, Queen Charlotte Islands, Canadian, 1880-1930

Argalite tobacco pipe, bowl only, decorated with s

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1930

Carved wooden staff, long narrow, pole carved with a variety of figures, human and zoomorphic, known as The Speaker's staff or chief's talking stick, Kwakuitl tribe(?) Varnarsdal(?) British Columbia, Canada, 1880-1920

Carved wooden staff, long narrow, pole carved with

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Black shale tobacco pipe, bowl and part of stem only, in the form of a man's head, human figure with back resting on bowl, broken, Haida tribe, Northwest Coast Indian, Canada, 1851-1910

Black shale tobacco pipe, bowl and part of stem on

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1910

Unmounted photograph 23" x 29 1/2" of the 72" reflecting telescope at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, B.C. in Cassegrainian form as used in photographing Stella spectra

Unmounted photograph 23" x 29 1/2" of the 72" refl

Astronomy

1920

Wooden labret, North West Coast Indian, Alaska or British Columbia, late 19th century

Wooden labret, North West Coast Indian, Alaska or

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1900

Comb or warp beater with handle in form of human female (?) figure, wood, Northwest Coast Indian, British Columbia, 1860-1900

Comb or warp beater with handle in form of human f

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1860-1900

Wooden comb or warp beater, reputedly from Burrand Inlet, British Columbia, Canada, mid 19th century

Wooden comb or warp beater, reputedly from Burrand

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1831-1870

Unmounted photograph 23" x 29 1/2" of the 72" reflecting telescope at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, B.C. arranged for direct photography at the Newtonian focus

Unmounted photograph 23" x 29 1/2" of the 72" refl

Astronomy

1920

Carved wood mortar with two projecting handles, probably Kwakiutle tribe, British Columbia, 1801-1900

Carved wood mortar with two projecting handles, pr

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1900

Ivory labret, Eskimo or North West Coast Indian, Alaska or British Colombia, 1871-1900

Ivory labret, Eskimo or North West Coast Indian, A

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1900