Outtakes from edited film shows a woman and her children unpacking a pottery kiln and cooling the earthenware pots with liquid dowsed on by leafy branches. Children are shown carrying the fired pots into a side room of the house for storage; shots of house exterior with painted wall decorations. Shots of an old woman gathering corn stalks along a path as fodder for her cow; interview footage at another homestead of an old man talking about his illness; interview with an unemployed young man along a path discussing causes of unemployment, the nature of his skills, size of his family, inheritance of land, and prospects for the future.
Credits:
Ssennyonga, Joseph (Social Anthropologist)
Strasburg, Ivan (Cameraman)
McDuffie, Michael (Soundman)
Legacy Keywords: Pottery earthenware unglazed ; Kilns pottery ; Crafts self-employment ; Houses decorations ; Illness family support ; Hunger ideas about ; Employment labor supply ; Language and culture
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 1978.2.1 (RF 30)
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Sandra Nichols collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
2 Film reels (color sound print; 1,137 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Sound films
Place:
East Asia
Japan
Date:
1966
Scope and Contents:
"Potters of Japan" parts one and two, 1966, made by Richard and Marjorie Peeler.
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 As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Provenance:
Received from Marjorie Peeler in 2005.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Edited film focuses on the Kirdi's skills as potters and metal-smiths: preparing a kiln, clay preparation, pot building, and metal forging. Women are shown wearing metal work. Film is associated with John Brom collection but it is not certain that he was involved in making this film.
Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Pottery craft ; Metal-work
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 1998.18.7
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
John L. Brom films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Scientific and technological insights on ancient Chinese pottery and porcelain : proceedings of the International Conference on Ancient Chinese Pottery and Porcelain held in Shanghai from November 1 to 5, 1982 / edited by Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Academia Sinica
Author:
International Conference on Ancient Chinese Pottery and Porcelain (1982 : Shanghai, China) Search this