Kwakiutl: Night shots of totem poles at Maritime Museum, Vancouver, B.C.; Dances at Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C. -three women dancing accompanied by Mongo and Mrs. Martin; Henry Hunt dancing in Hamatsa mask; Helen Hunt dancing with women's hamatsa mask and button blanket; Mongo Martin dancing. Feast after dance.
Collection place:
Thunderbird Park, Victoria, Vancouver Island
Culture or time period:
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Collection date:
1960-1965
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume), 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