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