Kwakwaka'wakw: Henry Hunt painting raven totem pole; Mungo Martin splitting slab to make cedar box, using knives, mauls, and adzes to trim boards for sides of box.
Collection place:
British Columbia, Canada
Culture or time period:
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Collection date:
1960-1965
Person depicted:
Mungo Martin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Totem poles, Video recordings (moving images), and Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies