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Canada - B.C. - Vancouver Island – Victoria - Thunderbird Park - Mungo Martin House

Mother and child - On Vancouver Island, detail of a totem pole erected in front of the house of Chief Mungo Martin, painter, sculptor and singer of the Kwakiutl Nation (1879-1962). Of great formal beauty, the totem carries the timeline of major family events (Thunderbird Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada). - 1985

Richard Hunt, master carver at Thunderbird Park, part of the British Columbia Provincial Museum in Victoria, paints a Gakhula mask. The Gakhula beings appear in the Klasila dance ceremonies that were performed in the winter. They mockingly interrupted the dance procession and were then escorted from the ceremonial house.