Charles Newcombe’s Visit to Paul Kane’s Klallam Village of I-eh-nus
Dr. Charles Newcombe played a major role in the development of the Royal B.C. Museum ethnology and palaeontology collections (figure 1). He […]
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The Archaeology and Ethnology of Wedges on the Northwest Coast
Introduction Wooden and antler wedges are a common tool found in the Northwest Coast cultural area of North America. The purpose of this […]
Victoria Underwater
The Haultain Valley 14 meter Ocean Standstill. At the end of the ice age the land, in relation to the sea level, was […]
Lettuce Travel
Lettuce is shipped to Canada regularly. Plastic-wrapped-produce crosses our border every day – it is inspected and then it goes to grocery stores […]
Letters from the north
I recently came across a small batch of letters while I was looking for something else. The letters, described as PR-1615, were to […]
Spindle Whorls of British Columbia: Part 2
Small Spindle Whorls in the Ethnology Collection of the Royal BC Museum Much of the attention in the literature has focused on the […]