Walking Stick

MOA: University of British Columbia

3092/6

Walking stick surmounted by a two-faced head. The two-faced carving has one face with a closed mouth with fangs, and another with an open mouth and protruding tongue. The eyes of each face are inlaid with shell. The staff is made from rough wood (or possibly root?). There is a thick fibrous cord ...

Figure

MOA: University of British Columbia

3092/5

Carved wooden fish with oval eyes. On the sides of the fish's body are other aquatic figures carved into the surface, with diagonal lines between the figures. On the bottom of the fish is a flattened base. The face of the fish is red-brown, with a dark brown line along the spine of the fish. The ...

Figure

MOA: University of British Columbia

3092/4

A wooden carving of a bird painted with patterning along its back, across the front of its torso, and on its face. It has a long narrow neck, a smooth and rounded body, and two long parallel legs which protrude from the body beneath the rounded point of the tail. The patterning on its back and ac...

Figure

MOA: University of British Columbia

3092/3

A wooden carving of a bird painted with detailed patterning. It has a long narrow neck, a smooth and rounded body, and two parallel legs which protrude from the body beneath the triangular point of the tail. The painting on both sides of the figure are the same.

Figure

MOA: University of British Columbia

3092/2

Figure carved from a single piece of wood, decorated with intricate painted patterns on all sides. In lines and dots, colours are black, yellow ochre, red-brown, and white. Mid-way down the arm on either side is a band of small orange and light-green feathers wrapped with plant fibre. The figure’...

Drawing

MOA: University of British Columbia

3193/12

Ink drawing on paper. The outline of a large bird occupies the page, its head toward the bottom, three large tail feathers at top, drawn with orange ink and shaded in a light green on its talons, beak and head. Inside the form are brief notes in a numbered mapping format, written in black ink. Te...

Drawing

MOA: University of British Columbia

3193/11

Pencil drawing and watercolour painting on paper. One side of the paper is filled by a drawn scene in pencil, showing in the lower half the outlines of a town with houses and chimneys. To the left is a totem pole filled with multiple detailed animal forms. In the top right quarter of the sheet ar...

Drawing

MOA: University of British Columbia

3193/10

Drawing in pencil on paper. Image is a formline drawing of an animal, with large eye at top left, tail at top right, and three visible legs beneath a wide body. Eraser marks can be seen around the image. On back side of paper are lines, likely from a larger drawing that was cut down.

Drawing

MOA: University of British Columbia

3193/9

Drawing in pencil on paper. Paper is a long rectangle, featuring a drawing in clean simple lines of two train cars. The first is the engine, with ladder reaching toward ground. The second is a passenger car with four windows. Light sketches of a third car can be seen behind, as can eraser marks a...

Drawing

MOA: University of British Columbia

3193/8

Drawing in pencil and pencil crayon on paper. At centre sits a group of stylized men, crouched, torsos merging together. Each wears a tall hat. Their features are animated. This image has been roughly sketched and shaded in pencil, and drawn over more clearly in blue pencil crayon.