IMAGE CITATION
Date: 1980
Subject:
Orignal Work:
Place: Clam Harbour, N.S.
Ownership/Collection: Nova Scotia Department of Education, Halifax
Source: Learning Resources & Technology
Reference Number: N-9693/ #20
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IMAGE INFORMATION
Earl Lafford models a man's robe of unsmoked white moosehide, painted by Ruth Holmes Whitehead in the four power-colours of red, white, black and yellow. The animal art is reproduced from Mi'kmaq rock carvings from Kejimkujik National Park, N.S. At the request of the Micmac Association for Cultural Studies, during the course of 1980-1981, the Nova Scotia Museum, Learning Resources & Technology, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Halifax, produced MI'KMAQ, a television series on Mi'kmaq life circa 1400 A.D. Taken in August of 1980, during the taping of what became the Wedding Episode
KEYWORDS
men; costumes, 15th century, reproductions of; painting, on leather; Lafford, Earl; videos; actors, Mi'kmaq; MI'KMAQ TV Series; Clam Harbour; Nova Scotia