Mungo Martin and wife Sarah Hunt (Abayah) Martin, drumming and singing. Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.; October 1961. Per Door Book/Accession Record: Mungo Martin and wife, drumming and singing, Thunderbird Park.
Donor:
William R. Heick
Collection place:
Thunderbird Park, Victoria, Vancouver Island
Culture or time period:
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Collector:
William R. Heick
Collection date:
October 4-8, 1961
Person depicted:
Mungo Martin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Black-and-white prints (photographs) and Drums (membranophones)
Accession date:
March 22, 2000
Department:
Still and motion photography
Dimensions:
width 26.67 centimeters and length 35.56 centimeters
Comment:
Per labels provided by Ira Jacknis: Mungo Martin and his wife, Sarah Hunt (Abayah) Martin, drumming and singing. Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.; October 4 or 8, 1961. This scene was photographed in a traditional style house constructed in 1953 by Martin and his apprentices in Thunderbird Park, on the grounds of the British Columbia Provincial Museum. The related film footage was intended for a projected film on Kwakiutl Dances and Feasts.