British Columbia Collection (page 5)

Calumet (peace pipe), belonging to the Nez Perce tribe, American Indian, late 19th century
BAL2082 Calumet (peace pipe), belonging to the Nez Perce tribe, American Indian, late 19th century; Horniman Museum, London, UK.

Mail team before railroad came, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown
Mail team before railroad came, between c1900 and c1930.

Island Dreams No. 1
Lynann Colligan

Island Dreams No. 2
Lynann Colligan

Canada, British Columbia, Boundary Bay, wood duck hen resting

Canada, British Columbia, Boundary Bay, wood duck close-up

Canada, British Columbia, Boundary Bay, wood duck drakes resting

Canada, British Columbia, Boundary Bay, varied thrush, winter habitat

Canada, British Columbia, Boundary Bay, rufous-sided towhee

Canada, British Columbia, Boundary Bay, red-shafted flicker, first winter

Canada, British Columbia, Boundary Bay, Northern harrier flyby

Canada, British Columbia, Boundary Bay, Northern harrier (male)

Canada, British Columbia, Boundary Bay, bald eagle, winter portrait

Canada, British Columbia, Boundary Bay, belted kingfisher, winter fishing

USA, Washington State. Hood Canal, Salish Sea, bald eagle alighting

Canada, British Columbia, Boundary Bay, American robin, winter berry feast

Canada, British Columbia, Inside Passage. Forest reflection in water

Canada, British Columbia, Inside Passage. Moss-covered fallen totem on Village Island

Canada, British Columbia, Inside Passage. Moss-covered trees on Village Island

Canada, British Columbia, Inside Passage. Sunrise on ocean and forested hills

Canada, British Columbia, Inside Passage. Sunrise on ocean and forested mountains

Canada, British Columbia, Kootenay National Park. Dark throat shooting star flower close-up

Canada, British Columbia, Inside Passage. Birch trees on Gribbell Island

Canada, British Columbia, Inside Passage. Sunrise on ocean and mountains

Canada, British Columbia, Inside Passage. Forest reflection in water

Canada, British Columbia, Inside Passage. Sunrise on ocean and mountains

Canada, British Columbia, Inside Passage. Gilford Island ocean and mountain landscape

Canada, British Columbia, Inside Passage. Dryad Point Lighthouse

Canada, British Columbia, Inside Passage. Port McNeil marina at sunset. (Editorial Use Only)

Canada, British Columbia, Inside Passage. Stream and forest in Hartley Bay

Canada, British Columbia, Inside Passage. Morning fog on forested mountain

Barn Owl
Tony Xu

S.A. Crawford carrying a goat, 1905. Creator: Case & Draper. S.A. Crawford carrying a goat, 1905
S.A. Crawford carrying a goat, 1905. Studio portrait showing man carrying a goat over his shoulder, in front of a painted backdrop of snow-covered mountains

Into the shadow-Clayoquot, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Into the shadow-Clayoquot, c1910

Tsawatenok girl, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tsawatenok girl, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, c1914

Masked dancers-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Masked dancers-Qagyuhl, c1914. During the winter ceremony, Kwakiutl dancers wearing masks and costumes, crouch in foreground with others behind them

Tanaktak House, Harbeldown Island, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tanaktak House, Harbeldown Island, c1914. Stairs leading up to wooden building, topped with Kwakiutl ceremonial art; in foreground one totem pole on the left

Mask of the octopus hunter-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Mask of the octopus hunter-Qagyuhl, c1914. Ceremonial mask worn by a dancer portraying the hunter in Bella Bella mythology who killed the giant man-eating octopus

Wedding guests, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Wedding guests, c1914. Kwakiutl people in canoes, British Columbia

Hamatsa emerging from the woods-Koskimo, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hamatsa emerging from the woods-Koskimo, c1914. Hamatsa shaman, three-quarter length portrait, seated on ground in front of tree, facing front

Kotsuis and Hohhug-Nakoaktok, wearing ceremonial dress, with long beaks, on their haunches, dancing(?), c1914

Tsunukwalahl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tsunukwalahl-Qagyuhl, c1914. Person wearing Mask of Tsunukwalahl, a mythical being, used during the Winter Dance

Masked dancer, Cowichan, c1913. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Masked dancer, Cowichan, c1913

The Hamatsa-Nakoaktok, 1910, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Hamatsa-Nakoaktok, 1910, c1910. Half-length portrait of Nakoaktok man, facing left, wearing cedar root ceremonial loop

Group of Native Americans, three standing, one seated on the ground, possibly... 1860 or 1861. Creator: Unknown
Group of Native Americans, three standing, one seated on the ground, possibly Colville or Kutenai, at the winter quarters of the British Northwest Boundary Commission Survey in Colville, Washington

Charles W Wilson, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing... between 1858 and 1861. Creator: Unknown
Charles W Wilson, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, wearing buckskins, with rifle, between 1858 and 1861. In: Photographs of British Northwest Boundary Survey, 1858-1861

Observatory tent, N A [ie, North American] Boundary Commission, 1861. Creator: Unknown
Observatory tent, N A [ie, North American] Boundary Commission, 1861. Showing Captain Charles J. Darrah, R.E. seated in tent, and Captain Robert W. Haig, R.A

John Keast Lord, naturalist with the Commission survey, full-length portrait... between 1858 and 61 Creator: Unknown
John Keast Lord, naturalist with the Commission survey, full-length portrait, seated, facing right, holding dog whip, between 1858 and 1861

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