This collection reflects immigration and ethnicity, cultural identity, tradition and change in culturally diverse Alberta and the West. Clothing and objects used to make music, furnish homes, prepare food, raise children, celebrate events, and more are associated with over 50 ethnic, religious, language and cultural communities from Europe, Asia, British Isles, and elsewhere in North America. Especially strong are the Hutterite and Doukhobor collections.
Norwegian kubbestol
ca. 1900
Collection of Glenbow Museum
C-8789
Devil's Fiddle
20th century
Collection of Glenbow Museum
2004.048.008
Doukhobor Kovyor or Knotted Pile Rug
1923
Made by a Doukhobor woman in Brilliant, B.C., this hand-spun, hand-dyed and hand-knotted rug took two to three years to complete.
Collection of Glenbow Museum
C-996
Hutterite Combholder
ca. 1930s
Collection of Glenbow Museum
C-5111
Chinese Everyday Clothing
ca. 1900
Collection of Glenbow Museum
2001.008.001
Internees' Effects
ca. 1942
The basketry container, frying pan, basin and plates were among the household necessities for a Japanese-Canadian family of evacuees, who were interned in Kaslo/New Denver, B.C., and then moved to an Alberta sugar beet farm.
Collection of Glenbow Museum
2003.047.001 A-B; 2003.047.003; 2003.047.006; 2003.047.012; 2003.047.013
