Subject Resources for

First Nations Art, Northwest Coast

Introduction

 This subject guide lists selected resources on the art of the native peoples of the Pacific Northwest, with special emphasis on British Columbia. For addtional help with your research contact the Art librarian, visit our reference desk in the I K Barber Learning Centre or our online Instruction Centre.

Contents:

 
Sections of Haida totem poles in
Museum of Anthropology, May 1976.
photo by John Morris.
© University of British Columbia Library
UBC 41.1/2514

 


Article Indexes & Databases

For an introduction on searching for articles, see the Library's guide: How to Find Articles. To Find articles search in these indexes/databases:

Looking for Newspaper articles? Try these:


Sterritt, master carver working on
'Ksan doors for Museum of Anthropology, 1975.
© University of British Columbia Library
UBC 41.1/2530
For more resources and searching tips please see the Canadian Newspapers guide.

Journals

Here are a few journals. To find other journals and more specifically articles, please see the Indexes and Databases section of this guide.

Books

Books on this subject can be found in the UBC Library catalogue using subject headings such as:


Carved Kwakiutl welcome figure in the Museum of Anthropology
Photo by John Morris , 1975.
© University of British Columbia Library.
UBC 41.1/2513

Other subject headings include:

Bibliographies

Dictonaries & Encyclopedias

Artist and Tribes


Raven and the First Man
sculpture by Bill Reid
Museum of Anthropology
 © University of British Columbia Library
UBC 46.2/3-1

Myths and Iconography

Special Materials

ARCHIVES

EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
Exhibition catalogues received before 1985 are listed in the Exhibition Card Catalogue in Art + Architecture + Planning, level 3 of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Check this catalogue by name of museum, artist or under the art form. Catalogues received since 1985 are listed online. Small exhibition catalogues are filed in the vertical files in Art + Architecture + Planning.

VERTICAL FILES
The vertical files in Art + Architecture + Planning contain newspaper clippings, pamphlets, small exhibition catalogues and biographical information on artists, tribal names, museums, technologies and organizations. These files are a good source for information on local artists. For a list of similar files in other libraries in Canada, check by name of the artist in Artists in Canada.

Images


Raven Brings Light to the World
 bronze and gold carving
by Robert Davidson
Museum of Anthropology
 © University of British Columbia Library
UBC 41.1/2518

American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
A digital collection of over 2000 photographs from the University of Washington Libraries and Seattle museums; part of the Library of Congress' American Memory collections.

Northwest Coast collection of American Indian art from the Museum of Mankind
A colour microfiche pictorial catalogue of artifacts in the British Museum's Museum of Mankind up to 1875.

The Peabody Museum; a visual record of artifacts
Fiche no. 2: Northwest Coast, Puget Sound and Columbia River Basin.

Xwi7xwa Library: Videos & Photos
Guide to finding videos, images and photographs from UBC's Xwi7xwa Library.

Websites


Haida House at the Museum of Anthropology, April 16, 1978.
© University of British Columbia Library
UBC 35.2/58-5

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Image Credits

© Images in this guide are protected by copyright and courtesy of Rare Books & Special Collections, the University of British Columbia Library.

Last Updated

 30-Oct-2008
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Contact: Paula Farrar
Last Updated: 30-Oct-2008

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