U’mista Cultural Centre Statement of Participation
By Chief William T. Cranmer, Chairman of the U’mista Cultural Society
The Story Box/Nuya̱mat̓si
The U’mista Cultural Centre recognizes and thanks Aaron Glass and the Bard Graduate Center for production of The Story Box. The work of Aaron and all those who assisted is a […]
Exhibition Credits
Bard Graduate Center Gallery
February 13 – July 7, 2019
U’mista Cultural Centre
July 20 – October 26, 2019
Curated by Aaron Glass, Bard Graduate Center
Graphic and conceptual designs by multimedia artist Corrine Hunt, great-granddaughter of George Hunt
The exhibition was organized by Bard Graduate Center (New York, NY, USA) and
Gallery Installation Photos
Bard Graduate Center
U’mista Cultural Centre
Richard Gullet Whitfield
circa 1860. Courtesy of King’s College London Archives, TH/PH5/16.
Augustus Wollaston Franks
©The Trustees of the British Museum. All rights reserved.
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Augustus Wollaston Franks
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Collection, Colonialism and Collaboration: A Dialogue
The following is an edited transcript of a conversation between exhibit curator Aaron Glass and design contributor Corrine Hunt, recorded in New York City on August 9, 2018.
Click here to download a PDF of the exhibit brochure, which includes this dialogue along with illustrations from the exhibit.
Aaron Glass […]
James Scarborough
Courtesy of Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission #39.2011.23.1b.
Charles Wilkes
Courtesy of NOAA/Smithsonian Institution.
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Dr. I.W. Powell
Image A-02410 courtesy of the Royal BC Museum and Archives.
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Israel Wood Powell
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CHAPTER VII: POST 1897 AFTERLIVES
Settee Backrest
Settee Backrest
Unknown maker, Kwakwaka’wakw
Wood, pigment, metal
118 x 40 x 5 in. (299.7 x 101.6 x 12.7 cm)
Collected by George Hunt in 1898-1899
American Museum of Natural History, 16/7964
Figure 11 from Boas’s 1897 book.