Browse Items · The American Pacific Rim: Colonisation, Conflict and Connections, 1800-Present

Envelope ( He Zu Jian of Wing Sang company)

This is an envelope addressed to He Zu Jian, it shows a majority of the scripture in Chinese apart from the address. The Chinese scriptures are written in typical Chinese style by scribing characters downwards. Chinese immigrants in Vancouver often…

Tags: 19th century, British Columbia, Chinese, Chinese Correspondence, Chinese Immigrants, Chinese immigration, Education, English, Envelope, Ethnic minorities, Immigration, languages, Letter, Literacy, Material Object, Migration

Kwakwaka’wakw Mask 1919

The source is a mask that was made in 1919 by Willie Seaweed. The mask depicts a face with hair; it is mainly black and grey with pops of read, orange and yellow.

As the mask was created in 1919 it is not an antique piece of artwork. Pieces like…

Tags: 20th century, British Columbia, Ceremony, European, Europeans, Indigenous, Indigenous Peoples, Kwakwaka'wakw, Mask, Material Culture, Material Object, ritualism, Spirituality, Tourism, Traditional Dress

Port Alberni 25th anniversary coin

This source is a coin created in 1985, celebrating the 25th anniversary. The coin includes inscriptions such as, the Alberni Valley coin club, labor day weekend, the Port Alberni salmon festival as well as an image of a fish.

The coin demonstrates…

Tags: 20th century, British Columbia, Coin, Commerce, Economy, Fishing, Industry, Material Culture, Material Object, Port Alberni, Salmon Festival, Trade

Model Totem pole

The source is a model totem pole created in the period 1900-1947 by Henry Young. The totem pole is black and included engraving of animals such as an eagle. The totem pole is a small size meant to replicate the large original totem poles of different…

Tags: 20th century, Art, British Columbia, European, European trade, Europeans, Indigenous Peoples, Material Culture, Material Object, ritualism, Spirituality, Totem Pole, Tourism, Trade, Travel

1847 Hawaii Keneta

This source shows the 1847 Hawaii Keneta, commissioned by King Kamehameha III. The coin was designed by Edward Hulseman in the USA. The coin caused a lot of conflict and upset in Hawaii as Hulseman had mistakenly misspelled the denomination, instead…

Tags: 19th century, American influence, Coin, Currency, Hawai'i, Hawaii, Hawaiian Independence, King Kamehameha III, Material Culture, Material Object, Monarchy, Money, USA

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

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

The Turnagain nugget

This is a gold nugget that was found by Alice Shea, after she saw a gold glint wedged in a boulder as she walked to her husband’s claim. It weights 52oz or 1642grams This happened in 1937 northern British Columbia, before being sold to the BC…

Tags: :and Rights, 20th century, British Columbia, European, Gold, Gold Nuggett, Government, Land, Material Culture, Material Object, Place Name, Place Names, Turnagain river

Memorial Totem Pole

This is a memorial Totem pole created in the memory of a member of the Gitanyow house of the Kitwancool Tribe, now stored in a museum, yet the pole was only recently obtained by the museum at the end of the 20th century. This was created at a time of…

Tags: 19th century, British Columbia, Colonialism, Gitanyow, Indigenous Peoples, Kitwancool, Material Culture, Material Object, Memorial, Museum, Museum Age, Museum Scramble, Religion, ritualism, Spirituality, Totem Pole

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