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Japanese Store, Honolulu

A photograph depicting a Japanese family in and around their store in Honolulu. The subjects are pictured in a mix of traditional and non-traditional clothing, and there is a sign in Japanese over the store. The image looks posed, as everyone is…

Tags: 19th century, Asian, Culture, East-Asian, Hawaii, Honolulu, Immigrant, Immigration, Japanese, Japanese Immigrant, Japanese Immigration, Photograph, Postcard

Haida Headdress frontlet

This object is part of a traditional headdress worn by indigenous peoples, Haida, in the mid-nineteenth century. It was recovered by the Royal BC Museum to show traditional headwear from this period. It appear to depict a Shaman. This object fits…

Tags: 19th century, British Columbia, Christianity, Culture, Frontlet, Haida, Headdress, Indigenous, Indigenous Peoples, Material Culture, Material Object, Missionary, Museum Age, Museum Scramble, Spirituality

Photograph of Reverend Green with a Tsimshian interpreter

This source is a photograph of Reverend A.E. Green and his Tsimshian interpreter. This shows both persons dressed traditionally; Green in the bowler hat and smart jacket and the interpreter in old clothing, which highlights the clash between the two…

Tags: 19th century, Assimilation, British Columbia, Christianity, Cultural Assimilation, Culture, Indigenous Peoples, Interpreter, languages, Missionaries, Museum Age, Photograph, Translation, Translator, Tsimshia

Kwakiutl Songs

The earliest surviving sound recordings from 19th century British Columbia feature a funeral song, healing incantations and a gambling song all performed by Tom Haimasela. The round phonograph cylinders were used as methods to record sound and were…

Tags: 19th century, Art, British Columbia, Culture, Ethnic minorities, Funeral song, Incantation, Kwakiutl, Kwakiutl Songs, Leisure, Material Culture, Material Object, Nationalism, Phonograph cylinder, Recording, Song

Figure of Ku-ka’ili- moku

The image shows a wooden figure likely to represent Ku-ka’ili- moku, the God of war. Having such a variety of these figures and having such grand figures would show the significance behind this to the people of Hawaii. This is extremely significant…

Tags: 19th century, Art, Culture, Figure, Hawai'i, Hawaii, Indigenous, Ku-ka’ili- moku, Material Culture, Material Object, Missionaries, Museum Age, Museum Scramble, Religion, Sculpture

Potlatch, Alert Bay

A black and white image. The centre of the picture consists of two groups of rows of different pots on the floor. Around the rows are lines of people, who are mostly in western style dress. The majority of the people appear to be men. A large…

Tags: 20th century, Alert Bay, British Columbia, Cultural Assimilation, Culture, Indigenous, Indigenous Peoples, Photograph, Potlatch, ritualism, Settlement, Totem Pole

Totem Pole - 16.1/438 A

It is totem pole from the Nuxalk Nation of indigenous people, in British Columbia. It is made of carved red cedar wood and an unspecified paint. Its dimensions are 128cm in length, 188cm in width and 356cm in height. The totem itself has two faces…

Tags: 20th century, British Columbia, Culture, Indigenous Peoples, Material Culture, Material Object, Museum Age, Museum Scramble, Nuxalk Nation, ritualism, Totem Pole, Traditions, Wood Carving

Basket

The object is a basket from the Nkala’pamux people around the Fraser river area. The basket is made from plant fiber, wood, string and possibly pigment (paint). The dimension of the basket is: 50cm in length, 34cm in width, 24cm in height. The basket…

Tags: 20th century, Basket, Basket weaving, Culture, Economics, Fraser River, Gifts, Hunting and Gathering, Indigenous, Indigenous Peoples, Material Culture, Material Object, Museum Age, Museum Scramble, Nkala’pamux, Potlatch

Honolulu Star Bulletin November 24th 1914

This source is a page taken from the Honolulu Star Bulletin featuring a variety of different adverts explaining what you need for Thanksgiving. This is important because Thanksgiving is an American holiday, and a key part of their national culture,…

Tags: 20th century, Advert, Advertisement, Americanisation, Business, Commerce, Cultural Appropriation, Cultural Assimilation, Culture, Economic Development, Food, Hawai’i, Hawaii, Honolulu, Honolulu Star, Money, Newspaper, Thanksgiving

The Hawaiian Star June 29 1912

This source is a newspaper from Honolulu. The newspaper covers a variety of topics such as sporting results, and local news. The paper also features adverts for many different products such as cars and a carnival. However on page 7 there is a big…

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