16mm motion picture film

Museum number:
26-442
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21260000442
Alternate number:
Reel 336B (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1994
Description:
Kwakiutl: Henry Hunt dancing with Hohog and Hamatsa masks in Big House, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.; Hunt carving killer whale mask with adze and knife. Forest scenes with Hunt and Mongo Martin selecting, felling, and beginning to carve tree; Helen Hunt roasting salmon around fire. 16mm film, reel 336B, 600', camera rolls 401-408, 411 Original
Donor:
American Indian Film Project and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Thunderbird Park, Victoria, Vancouver Island
Verbatim coll. place:
Thunderbird Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Culture or time period:
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1960-1965
Person depicted:
Henry Hunt
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume), Motion pictures (moving images), and Motion pictures (visual works)
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances), 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies, and 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Still and motion photography
Video:
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled 16mm motion picture film, accession number 26-442, described as Kwakiutl: Henry Hunt dancing with Hohog and Hamatsa masks in Big House, Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C.; Hunt carving killer whale mask with adze and knife. Forest scenes with Hunt and Mongo Martin selecting, felling, and beginning to carve tree; Helen Hunt roasting salmon around fire. 16mm film, reel 336B, 600', camera rolls 401-408, 411 Original Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.

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