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Start Over Object type ethnography Media available video Collection place North America Place depicted Strait of Georgia, 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