White, ceramic bowl featuring Ga-uch (raven). Image looks like a sun. Original, carved master for cast and glazed ceramic line. UBC Museum of Anthropology commission.
White, ceramic bowl featuring Ga-uch (raven). Image looks like a sun. Original, carved master for cast and glazed ceramic line. UBC Museum of Anthropology commission.
Setting The Conical Net illustration by Lyle Wilson. Black ink on white paper. Shows three men in a canoe with a net in the water below them, and eulachon getting carried into the net by the river's current. The structure of the net is also explained. This image is featured in the book "Eulachon A Fish to Cure Humanity" on page 16.
Setting The Conical Net illustration by Lyle Wilson. Black ink on white paper. Shows three men in a canoe with a net in the water below them, and eulachon getting carried into the net by the river's current. The structure of the net is also explained. This image is featured in the book "Eulachon A Fish to Cure Humanity" on page 16.
Large silkscreened flag from the Museum of Anthropology exhibit "Lyle Wilson: When Worlds Collide" that ran from June 20, 1989 to September 1989. Flag is red, black, and white in colour and features a ovoid and U-form designed image in the centre. There is a rope and wood tassel on one side.
Large silkscreened flag from the Museum of Anthropology exhibit "Lyle Wilson: When Worlds Collide" that ran from June 20, 1989 to September 1989. Flag is red, black, and white in colour and features a ovoid and U-form designed image in the centre. There is a rope and wood tassel on one side.
Two identical small round lapel pins with an image of a loon on them, its head facing to the left. Each pin has a small 'cap' to cover the point on the back.
Two identical small round lapel pins with an image of a loon on them, its head facing to the left. Each pin has a small 'cap' to cover the point on the back.
Collection of Lyle Wilson artifact and photo donations. Includes a folder containing documents pertaining to donated items. Also includes a book "The Haisla People" with infomation about the Haisla and families and clans, and another book "Paint."
Lyle was born into the Beaver Clan but was adopted into his father's Eagle Clan in a move to bolster the group's diminishing numbers. The event had an immense impact on Lyle's life and inspired much of his art. In 2012, Lyle created a solo exhibition Paint, a life-long exploration of Haisla art, language and culture. Lyle's primary artistic influence was his uncle, Sammy Robinson. Lyle would watch the older man and copy him, whittling his own pieces. But it wasn't until Lyle attended the University of British Columbia (UBC) that he contemplated art as a potential profession. He initially focused on art education but found the studio more alluring. Eventually, Lyle left UBC to study printmaking at the Emily Carr College of Art and Design, where he developed a personal style in graphics and three-dimensional wood and jewelry compositions. Lyle was an artist in residence at the UBC Museum of Anthropology (MOA). His pieces are shown at institutions in Canada and Japan.
Scope and Content
Collection of Lyle Wilson artifact and photo donations. Includes a folder containing documents pertaining to donated items. Also includes a book "The Haisla People" with infomation about the Haisla and families and clans, and another book "Paint."
Notes
Lyle Wilson has made this large donation over many years to have a lasting presence at the Kitimat Museum & Archives. Documentation is 2021.26 and artifacts each have individual accession numbers and records with locations identified.
996.1.1
2001.1.1,3-9,12-14
2001.31
2001.31.1
2006.9
2006.18
2007.21
2008.11
2009.21
2016.65.2
2018.19.1-4
2019.2.1-3
Small carved halibut pendant based on the story of fishing with Yalthgwaawiis (Francis Williams). The pendant carving depicts the scene of him being pinned under a large halibut he just caught in a canoe.
Small carved halibut pendant based on the story of fishing with Yalthgwaawiis (Francis Williams). The pendant carving depicts the scene of him being pinned under a large halibut he just caught in a canoe.
Two identical round convex pendants, silver in colour, with design showing two birds (ravens or eagles?) curving around a central point. Back has both a loop for attaching to a necklace and a pin for fastening to clothing.
Two identical round convex pendants, silver in colour, with design showing two birds (ravens or eagles?) curving around a central point. Back has both a loop for attaching to a necklace and a pin for fastening to clothing.
Small engraved pendant made of mixed gold. Roughly rectangular in shape, with a curved top edge; slightly convex. Front depicts (from top to bottom) a sun, canoe, bird (loon?), and a eulachon fish in water. Back has a small loop for a chain.
Small engraved pendant made of mixed gold. Roughly rectangular in shape, with a curved top edge; slightly convex. Front depicts (from top to bottom) a sun, canoe, bird (loon?), and a eulachon fish in water. Back has a small loop for a chain.
Small, yellow cedar totem pole featuring Qolun (beaver) on one side, and Ikstookoya (eagle) on the other side. Used as a reference while carving the large house post at the UBC First Nations House of Learning.
Small, yellow cedar totem pole featuring Qolun (beaver) on one side, and Ikstookoya (eagle) on the other side. Used as a reference while carving the large house post at the UBC First Nations House of Learning.
Small, white ceramic trivet featuring Gizawa (sun). Original, master carving for mould used in glazed ceramic line. UBC Museum of Anthropology commission.
Small, white ceramic trivet featuring Gizawa (sun). Original, master carving for mould used in glazed ceramic line. UBC Museum of Anthropology commission.
