Northwest Coast (various): Titles, Kwakiutl Dance in Big House; totem poles; totem pole raising (animation); totem pole carving; tool display; log trimming; tree selection and felling; house posts; diporama animation; titles.
Collection place:
British Columbia, Canada
Culture or time period:
Northwest Coastal People
Collection date:
1960-1965
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