Civilization.ca - Stones Unturned

<html> <head> <title>Civilization.ca - Stones unturned</title> <meta name="KEYWORDS" content="First Peoples of Canada, indigenous peoples, Native groups, aboriginal culture, Canadian Indians, Inuit, artifacts, clothing, musical instruments, games, toys"> </head> <body bgcolor="000000" text="ffffff" link="ffcc00" vlink="ffff33"> <center> <hr size="4" width="90%"><br> <font size="+4"> Stones unturned:<br> </font> <font size="+2"> Selected images of Native clothing, musical instruments and games and toys<p> </font> <hr size="4" width="90%"><br> <a href="groups/grmenu.htm"><img src="/web/20061029111125im_/http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/stones/graphics/bugrp.jpg" width="160" height="120" border="1" alt="Native Groups"></a> <a href="clothing/clmenu.htm"><img src="/web/20061029111125im_/http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/stones/graphics/bucloth.jpg" width="160" height="120" border="1" alt="Clothing"></a><br> <td><a href="toys/tymenu.htm"><img src="/web/20061029111125im_/http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/stones/graphics/buty.jpg" width="160" height="120" border="1" alt="Toys"></a> <a href="instru/inmenu.htm"><img src="/web/20061029111125im_/http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/stones/graphics/buins.jpg" width="160" height="120" border="1" alt="Musical Instruments"></a><p> <hr size="4" width="90%"><br> </center> <font size="+1"> The <a href="https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20061029111125/http://www.civilization.ca/">Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation (CMCC)</a> plays a critical role in making Canadians aware and proud of their heritage and their national identity. The Corporation intends to sustain its contribution to a greater shared understanding of Canada's heritage and identity through its outstanding collections of historical and cultural objects, related programmes and facilities.<p> The <a href="https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20061029111125/http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/colleng.html">CMC's collections</a> are especially rich in cultural artifacts created by many generations of Canada's First Nations. The CMC Web site offers a unique opportunity to access a sample of these artifacts illustrating their diversity, ingenuity and beauty. <p> Given the limited scope of this project, only a small selection of artifacts can be viewed. They are representative of three subject areas: clothing; musical instruments; toys and games. Items have been selected from many regions of Canada, although not all groups could be represented at this stage.<p> The images used on this Web site were originally created using analog technology. Over the past two decades, more than 300,000 images of more than 50,000 artifacts were created in this format and recorded on optical disc<sup>*</sup>. Until recently, the technology was not available to satisfactorily transfer these images to a digital format, which is essential for displaying images on your computer screen. Using advanced computer technology and photo enhancement techniques, the original analog images are now available to us. Sponsored by <a href="https://webarchiveweb.wayback.bac-lac.canada.ca/web/20061029111125/http://www.ic.gc.ca/">Industry Canada</a>, this project is just a beginning; we invite you to enjoy, appreciate and learn about First Nation cultures through this window on the museum. <p> </font> <b>*<i>Optical Disc Project</i>, a report by Frederick Granger and Stephen Alsford. 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