Rituals

Blessing the fleet
Stonington, Connecticut
photo © Stan Ries/The Picture Cube


Turtle hunter adorns his canoe bow with turtle blood to honor prey, Madagascar
photo © Frans Lanting/Minden Pictures


First salmon ceremony, Tulalip tribe, Marysville, Washington, 1990
photo © Natalie B. Fobes


Kissing the first sockeye salmon for good luck, before throwing it back, Bristol Bay, Alaska, 1991
photo © Natalie B. Fobes

Ocean Planet Exhibition Floorplan

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Judith Gradwohl, Smithsonian Institution (Curator/Ocean Planet)