The John Stacey Collection: north-west Canada, early 20th century
E021540 Head Ornament - Front, attrib Heiltsuk (Bella Bella) People, Northwest Coast, Hinterland of Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, North America. Frontlet ornament worn on forehead
© Australian Museum
photographer: AM, Photography Dept - Photographer Unknown
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E019285 - 10/8/1911, fishing tackle, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North -
E019286 - 10/8/1911, club, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North
- © Australian Museum
E021531 - 16/10/1912, post, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021532 - 16/10/1912, post, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North -
E021533 - 16/10/1912, cape, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North
- © Australian Museum
E021534 - 16/10/1912, mask, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021535 - 16/10/1912, mask, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021536 - 16/10/1912, mask, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021537 - 16/10/1912, rattle, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021538 - 16/10/1912, rattle, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021539 - 16/10/1912, rattle, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021540 - 16/10/1912, head ornament, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021541 - 16/10/1912, apron, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021542 - 16/10/1912, cape, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021543 - 16/10/1912, mask, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021544 - 16/10/1912, gambling piece, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021545 - 16/10/1912, gambling piece, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021546 - 16/10/1912, basket, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021547 - 16/10/1912, adze, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021548 - 16/10/1912, bark, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021549 - 16/10/1912, bark, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021550 - 16/10/1912, animal figure, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021551 - 16/10/1912, axe, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021552 - 16/10/1912, axe, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021553 - 16/10/1912, basket, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021554 - 16/10/1912, basket, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021555 - 16/10/1912, baby carrier, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021556 - 16/10/1912, baby carrier, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021557 - 16/10/1912, mask, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021558 - 16/10/1912, head ornament, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021559 - 16/10/1912, mask, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021560 - 16/10/1912, mask, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021561 - 16/10/1912, spoon, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021562 - 16/10/1912, spoon, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021563 - 16/10/1912, trumpet, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021564 - 16/10/1912, mat, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021565 - 16/10/1912, mat, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021566 - 16/10/1912, mat, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North -
E021567 - 16/10/1912, footwear, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North
- © Australian Museum
E021568 - 16/10/1912, footwear, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021569 - 16/10/1912, girdle, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021570 - 16/10/1912, neck ornament, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021571 - 16/10/1912, canoe model, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021572 - 16/10/1912, canoe model, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021573 - 16/10/1912, canoe model, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021574 - 16/10/1912, canoe model, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021575 - 16/10/1912, mask, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021576 - 16/10/1912, mask, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North - © Australian Museum
E021577 - 16/10/1912, mask, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North -
E021578 - 16/10/1912, drum, Cape Mudge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, America, North
In 1911 and 1912 the Australian Museum bought a total of 56 north-west Canadian Pacific coast artefacts from a Sydney accountant, Mr Frank A Wilkes, who had acquired them from “Colonel” Stacey. The collection was from the Cape Mudge people of Quadra Island in British Columbia and comprised a range of artefacts including masks, clothes, stone tools, axes, canoe models and mats.
In 1911 “Colonel “Stacey brought a troupe of Canadian indigenous dancers to Australia. The enterprise was not successful and, facing bankruptcy, he sold the artefacts (which were eventually acquired by Mr Wilkes) to raise the fares home for the troupe. In 1987 the Australian Museum, the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Kwakwakak’wakw people agreed that, due to the cultural value and rarity of the collection, a pair of totem poles and three masks would be returned to Canada. In return, Kwakwakak’wakw artists were commissioned to produce replacements for the Australian Museum.
In 1911 “Colonel “Stacey brought a troupe of Canadian indigenous dancers to Australia. The enterprise was not successful and, facing bankruptcy, he sold the artefacts (which were eventually acquired by Mr Wilkes) to raise the fares home for the troupe. In 1987 the Australian Museum, the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Kwakwakak’wakw people agreed that, due to the cultural value and rarity of the collection, a pair of totem poles and three masks would be returned to Canada. In return, Kwakwakak’wakw artists were commissioned to produce replacements for the Australian Museum.