Haida film

[morgan]

The film was made by Edward Curtis circa 1900, I am almost sure the dancers
are Haida. As for what the dance in the film represents, Curtis is known for
inventing situations. Someone said in regards to Curtis, 'great photography,
lousy anthropology.'

Morgan



on 6/24/02 6:20 PM, Jeffrey Kopp at jeffkopp at ATTBI.COM wrote:

>I've seen
> clips on TV of amazing,  hand-cranked film of North Coast natives dancing in
> canoes with huge masks (very emphatic, rhythmic vertical motion), but must
> admit I don't know what it meant (i.e., whether it was merely celebratory or
> ceremonial, or if it included historical narrative).