Picture Frame
MOA: University of British Columbia
3421/7
Carved and painted picture frame holding a coloured photo of the Goose Bay Cannery, behind glass. Each side of the frame has a pole with (top to bottom): seated eagle with wings folded in, downward-facing whale, and an Indigenous man depicted with long braids. Along the top is an eagle with its wings spread, and along the bottom is a sisiutl (double-headed serpent) with a central face of a supernatural being.
- Type of Item frame
- Culture Squamish
- Material metal, wood, paint, glass, paper
- Measurements height 34.5 cm, width 32.2 cm, depth 5.5 cm (overall)
- Creator Tom Moses
- Previous Owner Joanne Guppy
- Received from Joanne Guppy
- Made in North Vancouver
- Creation Date during 1938
- Ownership Date before February 3, 2020
- Acquisition Date on February 3, 2020
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3421/0007