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- Archeological Specimen 33
- Armament 18
- Celebrations - Centennials 2
- Clothing - Footwear 1
- Clothing - Outerwear 1
- Container 13
- Container - Baskets 13
- Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers 1
- Food Service Tools and Equipment 1
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia 66
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Baskets 4
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - , Treatment of 1
tool
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact44875
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV002.57.26
- Description
- Tool, stone, thin and flat; possibly slate. Slightly tapered rectangle shape; narrow sides broken off.
- Object History
- Ground Slate knives are associated with fish processing
- The donor inherited this artifact from his mother, Katherine Maude (Kitty) Peers, who inherited them from her father, Louis Claude Hill. The artifacts were found on his farm at Douglas Road and Sperling Avenue (now site of Burnaby Village Museum).
- Marpole Culture (400BC - 400AD) or Gulf of Georgia Culture (400 AD – 1800); Essentially these archaeological materials date to the last 2400 years
- Name Access
- Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Brookfield Farm
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Record Type
- Artifact
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tool or projectile point
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact44877
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV002.57.28
- Description
- Ground stone point; broken end
- Object History
- The donor inherited this artifact from his mother, Katherine Maude (Kitty) Peers, who inherited them from her father, Louis Claude Hill. The artifacts were found on his farm at Douglas Road and Sperling Avenue (now site of Burnaby Village Museum).
- Culture Phase: Locarno Beach phase (3520-2200 Before Present)
- Name Access
- Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Brookfield Farm
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Record Type
- Artifact
Images
Documents
tray
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87627
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.12.1
- Description
- tray; a First Nations made, basketry tray; low sides and two raised handles opposite each other; decorative star or flower pattern woven into the bottom in varying shades of brown; multiple areas of loss around outer sides of rim.
- Object History
- The tray and two baskets (see BV017.11.3 and BV017.11.4) were acquired by the donor's grandparents, Matilda and Robert William Handel, when they were living in North Vancouver. They were made by one of the local First Nations weavers, name unknown.
- Measurements
- Approx. Dia.: 43 cm
- Record Type
- Artifact
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weight
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact44855
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV002.57.3
- Description
- Net weight, round, stone, doughnut-shaped with hole in the middle.
- Object History
- The donor inherited this artifact from his mother, Katherine Maude (Kitty) Peers, who inherited them from her father, Louis Claude Hill. The artifacts were found on his farm at Douglas Road and Sperling Avenue (now site of Burnaby Village Museum).
- Subjects
- Persons
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Weights and Measurements Tools and Equipment
- Archeological Specimen
- Name Access
- Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Brookfield Farm
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Record Type
- Artifact
Images
Documents
weight
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact44856
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV002.57.4
- Description
- Net weight, round, stone, doughnut-shaped with hole in the middle. Made of volcanic stone.
- Object History
- The donor inherited this artifact from his mother, Katherine Maude (Kitty) Peers, who inherited them from her father, Louis Claude Hill. The artifacts were found on his farm at Douglas Road and Sperling Avenue (now site of Burnaby Village Museum).
- Subjects
- Persons
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Weights and Measurements Tools and Equipment
- Archeological Specimen
- Name Access
- Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Brookfield Farm
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Record Type
- Artifact
Images
Documents
work basket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact27528
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV974.119.2
- Description
- Rectangular coiled cedar root basket with cedar slat foundation and remnants of a loopwork rim. The shiny appearance of this grass suggests it is canary grass. Black dyed and red cherry bark are used for the zigzag designs. Coast Salish: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh?
- Object History
- The donor reported that the baskets were traded in the early 1920s for clothes by the donor's mother, who lived in North Vancouver. Her mother told her the "Capilano Indians" used to go door to door with their baskets in North Vancouver.
- Zig zags are sometimes referred to as lightening or snake tracks.
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Culture
- Sḵwx̱wú7mesh
- Record Type
- Artifact
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Documents
Album page
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90790
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.768
- Description
- Album page with flyer - double sided, blue and black ink on front, for presentation of "feux-follets / canada's folk ensemble / ensemble folklorique du canada"; clipping from The Columbian for Saturday, September 25, 1971: "The Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee…presents "Feux Follets"...Burnaby Central Senior Secondary School"; clipping from The Vancouver Sun for Saturday, October 9, 1971, with illustration of indigenous people dressed in traditional cosutmes, text reads: "The Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee…presents 'Feux-Follets...Burnaby Central Senior Secondary School'".
- Object History
- Album page 240 from Don Copan album/scrapbook for Burnaby Centennial '71 celebrations
- Don Copan was an active member of the Burnaby Centennial ’71 Committee and later became the founding President of the Century Park Museum Association. While a member of the Burnaby Centennial ’71 Committee, Don created a scrapbook album of photographs and ephemera documenting the Burnaby Centennial ’71 Committee’s involvement in celebrating British Columbia’s Centenary of Confederation between January and December 1971 including Burnaby’s Commemorative Project – Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum).
- Reference
- Photographs from the Don Copan scrapbook/album are described as part of the Donald Copan collection - Copan Album series
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Clipping, Newspaper
- Serial
- Subjects
- Celebrations - Centennials
- Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers
- Performances
- Performances - Dramatic Performances
- Name Access
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee
- Record Type
- Artifact
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