Audio / Video

Wooden box

Description

This documentary on the wooden boxes carved by the Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia demonstrates how to make a wooden box, from the felling of a cedar tree to the forming of the box from a plank of wood. Wood-carvers are Mungo Martin and Henry Hunt.

Details

Title

Wooden box

Creator

Kroeber, A. L. 1876-1960. (Alfred Louis),

Barrett, S. A. 1879-1965. (Samuel Alfred),

Ostroff, A. J.

Creator

Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology.

University of California, Berkeley. Department of Anthropology.

University of California (System). Extension Media Center.

Published

Berkeley, CA, Phoebe A Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 1962, 2009.

Full Collection Name

Media Resources Center Selections

Series

University of California system, series in ethnology

American Indian film series

Subject (Topic)

Wooden boxes.

Woodwork.

Kwakiutl wood-carving.

Kwakiutl Indians.

Indians of North America Wood-carving.--British Columbia

Indian wood-carving North America.

Indians of North America.

Boîtes en bois.

Travail du bois.

Sculpture sur bois kwakiutl (Arts décoratifs)

Kwakiutl.

woodworking.

Type

Video

Extent

1 videodisc

Other Physical Details

sound, color

Dimensions

4 3/4 in.

Archive

The Library

Note

WCC Library copy is licensed for library, classroom or home viewing only.

This disc is a burned DVD-R and may not play in some DVD players or drives.

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Collection

MRC Selections

Tracks

DVDZ1927_WoodenBox.mp4

Linked Resources

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