Homer Garner Bartnett film of Philippine dance
Footage of a single woman dancer, possibly a professional dancer. Footage records a number of dances, or excerpts of dances, which were performed ostensibly for documentation purposes. Footage forms part of the Homer Garner Barnett Papers in the National Anthropological Archives. Please note that the contents of the collection and …
Santal Village, Bihar, India film
Footage shot by Cyril David of a Santal village, Bihar State, India in January 1980. Film documentation of daily life among Santal villagers in Bihar State, India. The footage includes scenes of traditional house construction, rope making, pottery making, the rice harvest, threshing, grain storage procedures, methods of transporting water, child …
Mary Jo Arnoldi videos of Bamana Puppet Masquerades
4 Videocassettes (4 hours, color sound)
Collection consists of video recordings of Bamana puppet masquerade performances taped in Markala, Segou Region of Mali and the village of Kirango, Mali. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an …
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Francis Speed films
Harper, Peggy
"Studies in Nigerian Dance, no. 1 and 2" made ca. 1966 by Francis Speed. Collection includes associated texts. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds …
Marshall Hall films
Footage shot in Hong Kong (harbor, atop Victoria Peak); Shanghai; Fiji (daily life; hair plastered with lime; outdoor barbershop, Suva; market); Malaysia (snake temple near Penang; Kampong; mosque; temples; local people; boy with snake; fire walking; gold mine at Raub, Pahang); Siam (Thailand) (temple; cemetery; Sakais peoples; using Salais blow …
Laura Boulton films
0.5 Linear feet
Film and video of the ethnomusicology collection of Laura C. Boulton, shot primarily by Dr. Boulton among traditional peoples around the world. (See inventory attached to agreement). Collection contains supplementary material: associated texts, sound recordings, annotations, sound logs, and field notes. Please note that the contents of the collection and …
Ronald Engard videos of dances and rituals of the Kingdom of Bafut and Babanki, Cameroon
Full video record documents performances of a variety of dance societies from the Kingdom of Bafut and the neighboring kingdom of Babanki (Kedjum Keku) in the northwest province of Cameroon. A prominent feature of Bafut political life, ownership of specific dances by sub-chiefs and important nobles is a constituting element …
Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy films
Holmes, Burton, 1870-1958
Film shot and collected by Ananda Coomaraswamy, former Curator of the Asian Section of the Boston Museum of fine Arts, documenting Cambodia, Thailand, India, Ceylon, and Japan. Collection contains supplementary materials, namely, associated texts. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the …
National Anthropological Film Center films and slides of Ladakh
Dorjee, Ragpa
Schecter, Steven
Sorenson, E. Richard
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Slides (color, 35mm)
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National Anthropological Film Center films of Nepal
Johnson, Barbara
Dorjee, Ragpa
Reinhard, Johan
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Linear feet
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