Flower drawings. 70.128.1 - black - White Malaxis 70.128.2 - black - Pearly Everlasting 70.128.4 - white - Red Huckleberry & Alaska Berry 70.128.5 - white - Penstemon or Beard Tongue 70.128.6 - white - Copper Bush
Flower drawings. 70.128.1 - black - White Malaxis 70.128.2 - black - Pearly Everlasting 70.128.4 - white - Red Huckleberry & Alaska Berry 70.128.5 - white - Penstemon or Beard Tongue 70.128.6 - white - Copper Bush
Book of poetry by Hubert Evans. Themes include Indigenous peoples, conflict between old and new ways of living, coastal life, and nature. Book has a light blue cover and is 54 pages long.
Physical Condition
Good
Condition Remarks
Pgs. 27-30 are loose and held together by tape.
Height
22 cm
Width
0.8 cm
Length
13.2 cm
Accession Number
979.34
Biographical Notes
Hubert Evans and his family lived amongst the Haisla in Kitimaat Village for 2 1/2 years in the late 1940s. His wife Anna taught at the day school there. Evans wrote many books, short stories, plays, and serials, including "Mist on the River," a novel about a young Gitksan man (see Notes).
Beaver mask. Carved by Sammy Robinson; carved of maple wood. The eyes are bored through the mask, there is a nose depression made in the back of the mask and the initials SR are inscribed in the top of the back of the mask.
Beaver mask. Carved by Sammy Robinson; carved of maple wood. The eyes are bored through the mask, there is a nose depression made in the back of the mask and the initials SR are inscribed in the top of the back of the mask.
Dug out and steamed canoe called "Little Blackfish" made by Tom Nyce Sr.; carved at Kitamaat Village which began in April 1982. Named after a canoe named "Blackfish" which once won the canoe races held annually in Kitamaat during the May Day weekend. Log for canoe was donated by Eurocan. Blackfish, Beaver and Raven are painted in a black, white, and red design on both sides.
Dug out and steamed canoe called "Little Blackfish" made by Tom Nyce Sr.; carved at Kitamaat Village which began in April 1982. Named after a canoe named "Blackfish" which once won the canoe races held annually in Kitamaat during the May Day weekend. Log for canoe was donated by Eurocan. Blackfish, Beaver and Raven are painted in a black, white, and red design on both sides.