Wooden box: made by steaming and bending

Name: Wooden box made by steaming and bending
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.

Kroeber, A. L. 1876-1960. (Alfred Louis),; Barrett, S. A. 1879-1965. (Samuel Alfred),; Ostroff, A. J.; Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology.; University of California, Berkeley. Department of Anthropology.; University of California (System). Extension Media Center.

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.

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Title

Wooden box, made by steaming and bending

Creator

Kroeber, A. L. 1876-1960. (Alfred Louis),
Barrett, S. A. 1879-1965. (Samuel Alfred),
Ostroff, A. J.
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.

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Series

University of California system, series in ethnology<br>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

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

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