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Start Over Media available video Donor American Indian Film Project Culture or time period North American native cultures Place depicted Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada

1. 16mm motion picture film

Museum number:
26-449
Culture or time period:
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Object class:
16mm (photographic film size), Motion pictures (moving images), Motion pictures (visual works), and Totem poles
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
British Columbia, Canada
Collection date:
1960-1965
Place depicted:
Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada, Johnstone Strait, British Columbia, Canada, and Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada