Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations

Period of Performance

1/1/1991 - 12/31/1992

Funding Totals

$49,406.00 (approved)
$28,758.00 (awarded)


Whaling Ritual on the Northwest Coast: The 19th-Century Mowachaht Whaler's Shrine

FAIN: GM-24412-91

American Museum of Natural History (New York, NY 10024-5102)
Aldona Jonaitis (Project Director: June 1990 to April 1993)

To support planning for an exhibition that will interpret the 19th-century Whaler's Washing House and its role in the whaling rituals of the Northwest coast.