NFB Collection
Canada Vignettes: Headdress
19791 min 30 secFilm: Documentary
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the National Museum of Man, National Museums of Canada.
A marriage song of the Nuu-chah-nulth provides the accompaniment while the camera explores, in dramatic closeups, the wealth of carved, painted and inlaid detail in these beautiful examples of the high art of traditional northwest coast Indigenous headdresses.
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- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > British ColumbiaCrafts
- Crafts > Clothing and CostumeFirst Nations Crafts
- Canada - Images of a Country > Vignettes