Northwest Coast (various): Provincial Museum specimens: double headed hamatsa mask, coppers, 3 Kwakiutl masks, group photo, Coast Salish weavings; mountain and seascape footage aboard ship in Johnstone Strait; Totem poles, Alert Bay; grave monument and house posts on Gilford Island.
Collection place:
Gilford Isle, British Columbia, Canada
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