MOA

We went to the UBC Museum of Anthropology today. I haven't been there in many, many years - probably since my UBC days! And Paul says he's never been there. Our purpose for going was to see the temporary exhibit called Tatau: Samoan Tattooing and Global Culture. It was mainly a photo essay - we had hoped to learn more about the tattoos themselves and what each pictogram means, but it was still interesting.

The Great Hall holds a lot of Native totem poles and carvings. I didn't take a picture, but the bent boxes were amazing - made of one sheet of wood, three lines are etched into the wood, which is then steamed and bent to create the 4 sides of a box. They are used for cooking, storage, etc and are made water-tight!



















Any resemblance?















In the Koerner Ceramics Gallery there was a collection of oven tiles and this large ceramic oven - amazing how beautiful it is and at the same time, functional.