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  • Lelt (Snake, Solomon Harris), of Gitwangak (Kitwanga), British Columbia. Pastel by W. Langdon Kihn, 1924.
  • Lelt (Snake, Solomon Harris), of Gitwangak (Kitwanga), British Columbia. Pastel by W. Langdon Kihn, 1924.
  • Noch Slak, wife of Captain Jack of Kisbyyoks (Kispiox), British Columbia. Pastel by W. Langdon Kihn, 1924.
  • Noch Slak, wife of Captain Jack of Kisbyyoks (Kispiox), British Columbia. Pastel by W. Langdon Kihn, 1924.
  • Captain Jack or Grizzly Bear Paw, medicine man of Kisbyyoks (Kispiox), British Columbia. Pastel by W. Langdon Kihn, 1924.
  • Captain Jack or Grizzly Bear Paw, medicine man of Kisbyyoks (Kispiox), British Columbia. Pastel by W. Langdon Kihn, 1924.
  • The shore of Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada, with some of its inhabitants encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by S. Smith, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • Shaman's charm of bone carved in Totemic British Columbia. North West Coast of America. Designs representing the Octopus and anthropoozomorphic bird. Abalone inlays in eyes. Hole pierced at top for pendant.
  • The interior of a house on the island of Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada, with some of its inhabitants encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Sharp, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • Two groups of graphic figures dancing in circles around a heart and a condom; advertisement for the Vanguard Project, a research project aimed at educating young men on safe sex by the British Columbia Centre of Excellence in HIV/AIDS. Colour lithograph by John Ferrie, 1994.
  • Spirit canoe, Alaska. Among the Kwakiutle people of British Columbia it was customary to release a spirit canoe in the water, when a body was buried near a shore, in order to send the soul or spirit of the dead person on its journey.
  • A view from the universe : St. Peter's at Rome : in which the various empires, kingdoms, republics, states, principal islands, colonies, and discoveries of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, alphabetically arranged, are shown at one glance, and included in a single line, with the situation, extent, chief cities, their population, distances in British miles from London ...
  • A view from the universe : St. Peter's at Rome : in which the various empires, kingdoms, republics, states, principal islands, colonies, and discoveries of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, alphabetically arranged, are shown at one glance, and included in a single line, with the situation, extent, chief cities, their population, distances in British miles from London ...
  • A pair of hands, a heart and birds in flight representing an advertisement for the Canadian HIV Trials Network. Colour lithograph by Beverly Deutsch.
  • Tobacco free initiative in Djibouti in 2009. Colour lithograph by P. Martinello, N. An and Fabrica for World Health Organisation, 2009.
  • A black man holds a condom between his thumb and finger representing an advertisement for an exhibition on The Art of AIDS Education at Hartnett Gallery, University of Rochester, Massachusetts between April 6 - 20, 1992. Colour lithograph, 1992.
  • Christ Church, Oxford: dinner of the British Medical Association. Wood engraving, 1868.
  • Portrait of American Indians by W. Langdon Kihn.
  • Portrait of American Indians by W. Langdon Kihn.
  • Effigy of a Shaman from Haida Tribe, late 19th century.
  • Effigy of a shaman, Haida, Queen charlotte Island.
  • Deformation, skull showing fronto-occipital flattening
  • North and Central America: map. Coloured engraving, 1862.
  • Ceremonial head-dress, Tshinshian
  • Universities and their sons : history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees / editor-in-chief, General Joshua L. Chamberlain ; introduction by W.T. Harris.
  • Combs, of various origins.
  • Journal entry by A.W. Clah (Tsimshian Indian), dated 1831-1832
  • Ear lobe distender, wood, cylindrical, inlaid with haliotis.
  • Fort Simpson, British Columbia. Oil painting by Frederick Alexkcee (Alexcee), 1902.
  • Fort Simpson, British Columbia. Oil painting by Frederick Alexkcee (Alexcee), 1902.