Totem Pole
odd: label: General
content: Local Number: HSFA 1993.24.42
name: label: Collection Creator
content: University of California (System). Extension Media Center
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content: University of California Extension Media Center (EMC) film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (color sound; 970 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film presents the development of seven types of Northwest Coast totem poles which are discussed in terms of social systems and mythologies. Footage includes Mungo Martin, famous carver and Kwakiutl chief, carving a pole at his Great House in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Martin relates the myth of how he acquired the crest of the Hohoq.

Legacy Keywords: North America