MOA Appoints Damara Jacobs-Petersen As Head, Curatorial and Engagement
MOA is delighted to announce Damara Jacobs-Petersen as the newly appointed Head of the Curatorial and Engagement Department. Damara joined MOA in 2021 as the…
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The History Robes of Jut-ke-Nay–Hazel Wilson
The History Robes of Jut-ke-Nay–Hazel Wilson
Ancient Andean Cosmovision
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The new MOA Publication, Sea of Islands brings together knowledge holders, scholars, and artists from across the Pacific with Western scholars working with Pacific collections—as well as members of diasporic Oceanic communities—to share the stories and journeys of the objects that comprise Canada’s largest Oceanic collection, housed at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC.
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MOA is delighted to announce Damara Jacobs-Petersen as the newly appointed Head of the Curatorial and Engagement Department. Damara joined MOA in 2021 as the…
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MOA is deeply saddened by the passing of Gloria Cranmer Webster last week, at age 91. We honour this remarkable ’Namgis (Kwakwaka’wakw) woman whose ties to the Museum of Anthropology date back to the 1960s. The legacy of her repatriation and heritage preservation work has guided MOA’s practices in the ensuing decades and has forever shifted the cultural landscape in BC.
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