Kwakiutl: Mungo Martin carving totem pole at Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C. using adze, maul, and chisel.
Collection place:
Thunderbird Park, Victoria, Vancouver Island
Culture or time period:
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Collection date:
1960-1965
Person depicted:
Mungo Martin
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