Museum of Anthropology at UBC, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (other)

Name:Museum of Anthropology at UBC
Type:other
Street:6393 NW Marine Drive
City:Vancouver, British Columbia
State:
Zip:
country:Canada
Phone:604-822-5087
Status:operational

Description:
When MOA was established in 1947 it received some existing UBC collections, including a large collection gathered by Frank Burnett of mostly South Pacific materials. In the current building (opened in 1976) these are housed in the museum's "Multiverse Galleries" and include artifacts from Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Fiji, Solomon Islands and other areas of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia.

The museum's excellent website http://moa.ubc.ca has a database of objects in the collections that is searchable by object type, places, cultures, people, etc. http://collection-online.moa.ubc.ca

[ Edited by: sweet daddy tiki 2015-07-13 19:59 ]

I'm reposting the photos of Frank Burnett and his collection of south seas artifacts from this post by Sabu The Coconut Boy to show a "before and after" with the pictures of same artifacts as they're displayed at the MOA today in the next posts.

:up: Frank Burnett sitting amid his collection.

[ Edited by: Sweet Daddy Tiki 2015-07-13 17:24 ]

To start: Some general views of the South Pacific display area.

Papua New Guinea:

Orators Stool:

Spirit House model (East Sepik):

Male and female figures, East Sepik:

Hook, Arambak, East Sepik:

Masks:

:up: :down:

Ancestor spirit mask:

Asmat shields:

Asmat dancing costume:

Ancestor figure, Abelam:

Gable board:

Basket hook (PNG?):

Canoe models:

Figures, New Ireland:

In 2006, Teddy Balangu from a village in Middle Sepik carved two clan poles at the museum:

Amazing collection, thank you for all the fabulous pictures.

Fiji:

Samoan and Fijian clubs:

Maori:

Kiribati:

Samoa:

Headdress:

Bowls (figure on right is Tongan):

Tonga:

Solomon Islands:

Weapons and shields:

Canoe figure:

Vanuatu:

Fern tree carving:

Wow great job posting all your finds.