Ancient Arts

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Introduction

Alternate Title
Material Culture in Flux
Special Issue: Material Culture in Flux: Law and Policy of Repatriation of Cultural Property
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Darcy N. Edgar
Robert K. Paterson
University of British Columbia Law Review, Special Issue: Material Culture in Flux: Law and Policy of Repatriation of Cultural Property, 1995, pp. [1]-2
Introduction to special issue consisting of papers delivered at a conference held May 20-21, 1994 entitled Material Culture in Flux--Repatriation of Cultural Property.
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Inuit Art Sculptures - Museum of Civilization

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Free Spirt Gallery
Walk through a Museum of Civilization gallery showing vintage sculptures with a family theme, ranging from the mid 1950s to 1960s. (1 minute.)
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A Key Pictograph from the Bloodvein River, Manitoba

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jack Steinbring
Douglas Elias
American Antiquity, vol. 33, no. 4, October 1968, pp. 499-501
Recording of a large pictograph of a moose and concerns about rising waters obscuring rock paintings.
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Kichi Sibi

Alternate Title
Kichi Sibi: Tracing Our Region's Ancient History
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Site traces the Ottawa Valley's ancient history through artifacts found at archaeological sites in the region.
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Kiowa Drawings

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
National Museum of Natural History
Displays drawings produced by men imprisoned at Fort Marion in the 1870s, and also displays the work of the Kiowa Five, a group of twentieth century artists who studied at the University of Oklahoma.
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The Legacy of Generations: Pottery by American Indian Women

Alternate Title
The Legacy of Generations: Pottery by American Indian Women: National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C. October 9, 1997-January 11, 1998
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy L. Benco
Museum Anthropology, vol. 22, no. 2, Fall, September 1998, pp. 66-69
Review of an exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, which featured more than 150 and 50 ceramic objects created by 28 Native American women.
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The Lion of Kitwanga

Images » Photographs
A carved statue of the Lion of Kitwanga mounted on a platform; Kitwanga, BC.
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Lost Visions, Forgotten Dreams: Life and Art of an Ancient Arctic People

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Samagalski
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 355-356
Review of the art exhibition: Lost Visions, Forgotten Dreams curated by Robert McGhee and Patricia Sutherland and held at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull, Quebec, November 1996 to September 1997 provides some insights into the Tuniit people.
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Lovelock Cave

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.25, no.1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Llewellyn L. Loud
M. R. Harrington
Part of: University of California Publications in America Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 25, (ppviii -183).
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Mackenzie's Rock / With a map showing the course followed by the explorer from Bella Coola, B.C., to the Rock, and illustrated with views along the route. - R.P. Bishop. - Booklet. - 1923.

Alternate Title
Historic Sites Series (National and Historic Parks Branch) ; no. 6
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
R.P. Bishop
Booklet on Captain Bishop's efforts to locate the rock which was the westernmost point reached by Sir Alexander Mackenzie during his 1793 expedition into what is now British Columbia.
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Mathematics-Like Principles Inferred From the Petroglyphs

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles G. Moore
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 27, no. 2, January 1988, pp. [30-36]
Advances the possibility that concepts of math are being communicated and suggests several related classroom activities.
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Mi'kmaq Petroglyphs

Alternate Title
[Carved in Stone: Mi'kmaq Petroglyphs Recorded by George Creed 1887-88]
[Carved in Stone: Mi'kmaw Petroglyphs Recorded by George Creed: 1887-88]
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Nova Scotia Museum of Cultural History
Site provides general information about petroglyphs, how they are recorded, and includes biographical information about George Creed who traced and documented a number of petroglyph sites in Nova Scotia.
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Miwok Cults

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; vol.18, no.3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Eward Winslow Gifford
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology an Ethnology, vol. 18, (pp391-408).
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The Mono Craters Petroglyphs, California

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emma Lou Davis
American Antiquity, vol. 27, no. 2, October 1961, pp. 236-239
Analysis of the carved horseshoe symbol and its relation to Diegueño girl's initiation ceremony.
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The Mortlach Phase

Theses
Author/Creator
Dale Allen Walde
Archaeology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 1994.
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Muskeeta Cove 2: A Stratified Woodland Site on Long Island

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bert Salwen
American Antiquity, vol. 33, no. 3, July 1968, pp. 322-340
Ceramics which combine several stylistic traits suggest that a relationship of diffusion rather than invasion-replacement existed between pottery traditions at this time.
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New Futures for the Past: Cooperation Between First Nations and Museums in Canada

Alternate Title
Part I: Cultural Protection: The Story of a Saanich Bowl
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara J. Winter
University of British Columbia Law Review, Special Issue: Material Culture in Flux: Law and Policy of Repatriation of Cultural Property, 1995, pp. [29]-36
Curator at the Simon Fraser University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology describes the process of acquiring the SDDLNEWHALA bowl, on behalf of the Saanich Native Heritage Society, in order to prevent its exportation to the US.
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Northwest Coast Indian Art

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Linda Holoboff
15 images (three scanned here) of Tom Jones putting up a display of prehistoric Northwest Coast art in Saskatoon on November 26, 1980.
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Northwest Coast Uses of Polynesian Art

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol S. Ivory
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 9, no. 4, 1985, pp. 49-66
Discusses historical background and showcases examples of Polynesian art objects.
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Of Boundaries and Borders: First Nations' History in Museums

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Moira McLoughlin
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 18, no. 3, [Crossing Borders: Issues in Native Communications], Summer, 1993, pp. [365-385]
Reviews museums' traditional approach to native culture and contends that the division between "white" and aboriginal history is artificial and reinforces the idea that European culture being superior to that of indigenous peoples.
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One of the Famous Old Totem Poles of the North

Images » Photographs
Handwritten annotation on back of postcard: "Named Waum Gana'o 14'[high] / erected 1845 / 4 Bottom figure, is of the big hog, upside down." Waum Gana'o is indicated as the big hog by an arrow. Title from bottom of postcard. Skeena River, BC.
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Petroglyph's of California and Adjoining States

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.24, no.2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Julian H. Steward
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 24, (pp47-288).
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