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Traffic death fourth in ‘69 ‘‘The exhibition at Man and His World will be a revelation even for Vancouverites," Mrs. Hawthorn said after selecting the former UN pavilion as the site of the firstâ€"ever display. It was the same period, too, that marked the years of proâ€" Mrs. Audrey Hawthorn, curaâ€" tor of the UBC Museum of Anâ€" thropology and author of the piâ€" oneer work, Art of the Kwakiutl Indians, said her museum‘s enâ€" tire collection of Indian art conâ€" sists of about 7,000 pieces. Some 5,000 of theseâ€"the most signifiâ€" cant piecesâ€"will be shown at Man and His World. The Paris exhibition includes only 104 pieces of Indian art. At the Vancouver museum itâ€" self, only a few hundred pieces can be shown annually due to lack of space and even these exâ€" hibitions are seen by only 7,000 to 8,00) persons since the institution is, in large part, a preserve of academics. Talks are under way for anâ€" other major Indian exhibit in the adjoining Indians of Canada paâ€" vilion but declined to elaborate. The extraordinarily carved and painted masks, headdresses, toâ€" tempoles, wooden dishes, boxes, rattles and other objects of the northwest Indians have been inâ€" creasingly sought after in recent years by collectors and have inâ€" spired artists, interior and textile designers, jewelers and others. He urged, in fact, that its preâ€" servation be considered "as urâ€" gent as the salvaging of Egypt‘s Abu Simbel." *"‘The Northwest Indians, esâ€" pecially the Kwakiutl Indians, were some of the most imaginaâ€" tive, industrious and skillf ul craftsmen of the tribal world," says Mrs. Hawthorn, whose husâ€" band, Harry C. Hawthorn, has been head of the UBC‘s anthroâ€" pology department since 1947. She became curator of the museâ€" um the same year. The local provincial police deâ€" tachment investigated its fourth fatal accident this year, when a St. Clements motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a car near his home. A small selection of the Northâ€" west Indian art is now on view at Paris‘ Musee de I‘Homme in the exhibition Masterpieces of Indian and Eskimo Art of Canaâ€" da and French anthropologist Claude Leviâ€"Strauss has said: Four youths were occupying a stolen car when police officers recovered it in St. Jacobs. It has been taken in Kitchener. of the unique collection to the international exhibition. It will be shown in what was the United Nations pavilion at Expo 67 and Education through Stamps at Man and His World 1968. A *‘This is something of a phenâ€" omenon. I consider that the culâ€" ture of the northwest Indians proâ€" duced an art on a par with that of Greece or Egypt." Four break, enter and thefts were among 48 incidents investiâ€" gated. Police patrols exceeded 10,500 miles. Five injuries were reported in 16 accidents investigated. Proâ€" perty damage amounted to $9,189. Charges laid included 62 for traffic offences and five each for liquor and criminal code infringeâ€" ments. kiut Indians and other northâ€" west coast tribes will be shown comprehensively at Man and His Negotiations have been conâ€" cluded with the University of British Columbia‘s Museum of Anthropology to bring the bulk were saved from probable deâ€" struction, the magnificent and priceless carvings of the Kwaâ€" 4 Waeteries Chronicia, Thureday, May i. 14969 Indian artifacts on par with Greek, Egyptian Nakapenkem of Fort Rupert of the Ma‘mtagila clan, was brought to UBC to repair old totem poles in the university collection and to carve some new ones. Martin became intensely interâ€" ested in the concept of a museum as a place in which to preserve and interpret material culture and he was influential in directâ€" ing to the museum many of the Kwakiut! people who were at a point of culture change where they wished to abandon their places in the potlatch system and had no wish to hold onto the maâ€" terials of the potlatch, which had lost its importance. â€" Marriage, the assumption of a new name by a youth, the beâ€" stowing of a higher rank, the first use of a family crest, an initiation into a dancing society â€"all were occasions for validaâ€" tion by a potlatch. Taking its name from the Chinook word for During the days when Martin and his wife, Abayah, were at the university, Martin visited the museum frequently to see what had arrived during the week. At the height of the flow of maâ€" terials, wooden crates, old trunks, sea chests and cardboard boxes arrived by every ship from the north. Being a full participant in the ceremonial system, Martin recogâ€" nized many individual pieces and identified almost all of them. He was concerned that his works should not be wasted. *"‘Write that down, now," he ofâ€" ten said and then, "say it back" until he was satisfied the tranâ€" scription was reasonably correct. Once the machinery of purchasâ€" ing was established, many Kwaâ€" kiutl people travelling to Vanâ€" couver began *o go to the univerâ€" sity. Some were careful inforâ€" mants and ail gave some assistâ€" ance in identifying owners, area of provenance, and uses of the various objects. Sometimes he would counsel against buying a mask because the owner had no right to it and was selling someone else‘s proâ€" perty or because it did not beâ€" long in the inherited myth but had simply been ‘"invented" by somebody. The Indians of the northwest coast inhabited the long, narrow strip of shoreline that stretches from Puget Sound to the Alaskan panhandleâ€"1,300 miles long, deeply indented by fiords and riâ€" vers and studded with islands Already in his 70s‘ Mongo Marâ€" tin was keenly aware of the raâ€" dical changes brought by the years and was anxious to record what he knew of the culture in which he had grown up. While he was at the museum, he helpâ€" ed identify and describe the maâ€" terials as they arrived. "‘to give," this was a ceremony without which no important soâ€" cial event could take place and no claim could be made. found social changes in the coastâ€" al region, a large number of Inâ€" dian families choosing to disconâ€" tinue their family participation in some aspects of traditional cereâ€" 34 King Street North Waterloo 743â€"4093 Food sufficient to feed guests over an extensive period of time was gathered, prepared and storâ€" ed perhaps as long as three be involved. When it was agreed that a potlatch should be held, preparations began. estimated 70,000 people ‘ocâ€" w:;d' the area within these triâ€" bal boundaries at the end of the 18th century. The potlatch, often involving intertribal invitations, always folâ€" elders who represented the enâ€" of the Fraser River and some southern parts of Vancouver Isâ€" ward down the Washington coast. The Belle Coola lived by the riâ€" green conifers of the temperate In the north lived the Tlingit and Tsimshian tribes. The Haida Vancouver Island lived the Nootâ€" ka while the Kwakiut! shared the rorth region of Vancouver Isiand and the mainland directly oppoâ€" The Salish occupied the delta Quit Monkeying Around ... same with Waterloo Chronicle Advertising 7144â€"6 364 RESULTS ‘‘The art of the Northwest Coast Indians is unlike ail other Indian art," says Mrs. Hawthorn. *‘Their culture was totally differâ€" ent. Their standard of living was singing and dancing to greet the visitors as they approached by Sometimes, large figures caryâ€" ed of wood were placed facing the sea to dramatize the welâ€" come. After each visitor was anâ€" mounced, he was plased, accordâ€" ing to rank, in a traditional seatâ€" ing arrangement. One or more major events would be offered as a feature of each day. Family dances and dramas were enacted by dancers accompaniment of songs and exâ€" planations by the speaker. Each eccasion was followed by feastâ€" ing, oratory and the distribution of gifts. ‘ years. Enough gifts to give to all were produced and goods bearâ€" Mats, baskets and boxes, furs, canoes, jewelry and dishes were made for giftâ€"giving. And Get probably the highest of any simb The majority of the objects ar@ perhaps a century old but otlh» ers, in stone and ivory, are pr@é historic. The Northwest Coast Inâ€" dians are known to have inhabit ed the region for 9,000 years o# plicated props, earliest Indian groups in Amerb ed social and ceremonial life gave rise to a rich and distinctive art istic expression. The Kwakiud Indians made a unique contriby» s t ag ed fantastic theatreâ€"and â€"_ALAN RIGBY‘S House of Furniture 46 King North _ Waterilos FOR RENT FURNITURE and APPLIANCES Housefull