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National Anthropological Archives
Oliver Wells photographs of Salish women spinning and weaving, circa 1967
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.81C
- Creators:
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Wells, Oliver, 1907-1970
- Dates:
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circa 1967
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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2 Color prints
- Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting Mary Peters (Interior Salish) weaving a tapestry with a two-bar loom and Mrs. William Kelley (Coast Salish) spinning yarn with a spinning wheel. Photographs made in Sardis, Chilliwack, British Columbia.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Oliver N. Wells (1907-1970) was owner of Edenbank Farm in Chilliwack, British Columbia, as well as an amateur historian and ethnologist. He assisted the effort to reestablish traditional Salish weaving techniques and wrote "The Return of the Salish Loom," an article published in the "Beaver" Hudson Bay Magazine in spring 1966.
Administration
Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Donated by Oliver N. Wells, 1967. A copy of his correspondence is available with the collection.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
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Conditions Governing Use note
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Preferred Citation note
Photo lot 81C, Oliver Wells photographs of Salish spinning and weaving, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
Photographs of Coast Salish arts, collected by Oliver Wells, held in National Anthropological Archives in MS 4764.
More Information
Local Call Number(s)
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 81C
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Weaving | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Spinning | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Plateau | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Northwest Coast | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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