Hand painted glass lantern slide. Part a is glass slide covered with an image of two human figures in red skirts and sashes to the left of a full, grey moon. The leftmost figure leaps in the air, arms extended. The second figure is in front of the moon, facing left. The background of the image is black at top, brown at bottom. Part c is a second glass slide pointed at one end, with a black painted area in the lower centre. When matched with part a, the black part covers the leaping figure, leaving just the figure who appears to be 'carrying' the moon with a burden belt? Part b is a broken corner of part a. (No frame; irregularly shaped or broken glass.)

• Narrative

  From the collection of the missionary Thomas Crosby, who worked in various places on the Northwest Coast of B.C. from 1863 to 1907.

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• Type of Item slide
• Culture Tsimshian
• Material paint, glass
• Measurements height 8.3 cm, width 12.4 cm, depth 0.2 cm (part a) height 3.2 cm, width 5.1 cm, depth 0.2 cm (part b) height 7.1 cm, width 13.2 cm, depth 0.2 cm (part c)

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• Creator Frederick Alexcee
• Previous Owner Thomas Crosby, Jane Howard, Thomas Taylor Crosby
• Received from Jane Howard, Thomas Taylor Crosby

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• Made in Port Simpson, Lax Kw'alaams

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• Creation Date before 1939
• Ownership Date before 1914, before April 17, 2013
• Acquisition Date on April 17, 2013

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• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3000/0042 a-c