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Kwakiutl art

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Chiefly Feasts: The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlatch exhibition photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 104
Scope and Contents

View of the temporary exhibition Chiefly Feasts: The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlatch, held at the American Museum of Natural History, Ocober 1991- February 1992. Also includes studio photographs of masks and artifacts.

Dates: 1991

Chiefly Feasts: the Enduring Kwakiutl Potlatch photographic slide collection, 1992.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 525
Abstract

Studio photographs of artifacts for the publication, Chiefly Feasts: the Enduring Kwakiutl Potlatch.

Dates: 1992

From the Land of the Totem Poles master slide set

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 312
Scope and Contents

Master slide set from the book, "From the Land of the Totem Poles: the Northwest Coast Indian Art Collection at the American Museum of Natural History".

Dates: circa 1980s-1990s

Northwest Coast Native American artifacts photographic slides, 1990, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 64
Abstract

Slides of Kwakiutl objects and Tlingit helmet. Objects include masks, paintings, and sculptures. One slide of the Haida War Canoe (Great Canoe).

Dates: 1990, undated

Richard Hunt carving totem pole at the American Museum of Natural History, 1992.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 85H
Abstract

Slides of Richard Hunt, direct descendant of George Hunt, carving and painting a totem pole during the Chiefly Feasts temporary exhibition held at the American Museum of Natural History. Images include museum visitors viewing Hunt working and finished exhibition location in the 77th Street entrance hall across from the Haida canoe.

Dates: 1992