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Creator:

Kurtz, Benjamin T sculptor

Physical description:

400 ft (12 min) silent b&w video

Type:

Projected media

Collection descriptions

Place:

North America

Date:

unknown

Topic:

Language and culture

Pottery

Local number:

HSFA 86.11.4

Summary:

Edited film documenting settlement and house types, pottery making (coil technique), and use of the blowgun among the Catawba Indians of South Carolina

Data Source:

Human Studies Film Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_218566

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Creator:

Scheerer, Laura filmmaker

Ethnographer:

Hoskins, Janet

Physical description:

4 hrs sound color video

Type:

Projected media

Collection descriptions

Place:

Asia

Date:

1986

Topic:

Language and culture

Local number:

HSFA 88.2.2

Summary:

Full video record documenting a major buffalo sacrifice in the village of Mangganipi. This feast forms part of a complex system of ritual exhange among the Kodi people on the island of west Sumba, Indonesia. Video includes an extended interview with the principal singer from the feast

Data Source:

Human Studies Film Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_218522

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Creator:

Gordon, Richard photographer/cinematographer

Director:

Gordon, Richard

Physical description:

59 min sound color video

Culture:

Chinese

Type:

Projected media

Collection descriptions

Place:

China

Shanxi Province

Asia

Date:

1982

Topic:

Language and culture

Local number:

HSFA 88.5.3

Summary:

Edited film presents China's rural women telling their own personal histories. Topics include love and marriage, childbearing and birth control, family relationships, work, and foot binding

Data Source:

Human Studies Film Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_218534

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Creator:

Marshall, John ethnographic filmmaker (1932-2005 )

Physical description:

8 min sound b&w video

Type:

Projected media

Collection descriptions

Place:

Africa

Date:

1959

Topic:

Language and culture

Local number:

HSFA 91.18.6

Summary:

Edited film shot in the Nyae-Nyae region of the Kalahari Desert in Namiba. Documented is a !Kung healer called upon to minister to a pregnant woman who has fallen ill with malaria. The healer, a relative of the sick woman, enters a mild trance and seeks to cure the victim

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Record ID:

siris_arc_218854

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Creator:

Boulton, Laura musicologist

Physical description:

1,080 ft (30 min) sound color video

Culture:

Samoans

Type:

Projected media

Collection descriptions

Woodcut prints

Place:

Manua (Samoa)

Pungo Pungo (Samoa)

Oceania

Date:

1985

Topic:

Dance--"Thichean Dance"

Art--"shianko"

Weaving--weaving mats

Woodworkings

Manufacture of--thatched roofs

Local number:

HSFA 87.9.32

Summary:

Edited film produced for the Laura Boulton Foundation depicts daily Samoan life. Featured are the Thichean dance, weaving of mats, woodcut prints called , and wood carvings

Data Source:

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Record ID:

siris_arc_218898

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Creator:

Kurtz, Benjamin T sculptor

Physical description:

350 ft (10 min) silent b&w video

Type:

Projected media

Collection descriptions

Place:

North America

Date:

unknown

Topic:

Language and culture

Basket making

Local number:

HSFA 86.11.5

Summary:

Edited film documenting settlement and house types of the Cherokee in the Big Smoky Mountains. Inventory of cultural activities includes basket making, a basket-and-dice game, demonstration of the blowgun, use of mortar-and-pestle to prepare grain, mask carving, and the dancing of various masks including the buffalo, warrior (rattlesnake), and booger masks

Data Source:

Human Studies Film Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_218567

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Creator:

Freeman, Ethel Cutler amateur Seminole specialist and research associate with the American Museum of Natural History 1886-1972

Physical description:

5,300 ft (3 hrs) silent color video

Type:

Projected media

Collection descriptions

Place:

North America

Date:

c 1950

Local number:

HSFA 86.11.9

Summary:

Footage records the Seminole Indians on the Big Cyprus Reservation in Florida. The film forms part of the Ethel Cutler Freeman Papers in the National Anthropological Archives

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Record ID:

siris_arc_218596

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Creator:

Dornfield, Barry filmmaker

Physical description:

58 min sound color video

Type:

Projected media

Collection descriptions

Place:

North America

Date:

1988

Local number:

HSFA 89.15.1

Summary:

Edited film documents the religious performance genres of and life in an Appalachian Baptist church. The film focuses on Brother John Sherfy, a prominent Baptist preacher, and utilizes a combination of life history, conversation, and sermonizing to explore the nature of this Appalachian folk religion and its significance for individual families and the community

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Record ID:

siris_arc_218628

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Creator:

Towles, Joseph anthropologist (1937-1988)

Physical description:

3 videocassettes (140 min.) sil. col. 1/2 inch VHS reference

master 3 videoreels (140 min.) sil. col. one inch

master 3 videocassettes (140 min.) sil.col. betacam sp

archival original 6 reels (1,850 ft.) sil. col. 8mm

Type:

Projected media

Collection descriptions

Place:

Africa

Date:

1966

Topic:

Language and culture

Local number:

HSFA 91.13.12

Summary:

Footage shot in East Africa and the United States

Data Source:

Human Studies Film Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_219092

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Creator:

Preloran, Jorge 1933-2009

Physical description:

one digital book (194 pages)

Type:

Books

Collection descriptions

Place:

South America

Argentina

Andes Mountains (Argentina)

Date:

2008

Local number:

HSFA 2011.7

Notes:

title from credits (unpublished work)--archival collection

Archives also holds related ethnographic film "Hermógenes Cayo" (English title "Imaginero")

Summary:

Digital book presents the life and work of Hermogenes Cayo, a religious icon maker and artist living in Argentina's Andean highlands

Cite as:

Courtesy of Jorge Preloran

Data Source:

Human Studies Film Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_296119

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Physical description:

archival original 2 video cassettes (4 hours) sound color 8

Type:

Video recordings

Collection descriptions

Place:

Africa

Mali

Date:

1992

Topic:

Puppets

Masquerades

Music

Instruments--musical instruments

Drumming

Dance

Language and culture

Local number:

HSFA 2011.17.1

Notes:

title supplied by Archives staff (unpublished work)---archival collection

Summary:

Full video record of Bamana puppet masquerade performances in the village of Kirango, Mali taken by Barbara Frank for Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi research

Data Source:

Human Studies Film Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_301190

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Creator:

Hawes, Bess Lomax 1921-2009

Physical description:

reference one DVD (19 minutes) sound b&w DVD

archival original one reel of film (666 feet) sound b&w 16mm

Type:

Books

Collection descriptions

Place:

North America

United States

California

Topic:

Playgrounds

Games--children

Local number:

HSFA 95.10

Notes:

title from credits (published work)--archival collection

Study guide

Summary:

Edited film looks at continuity and change in girl's playground games at a Los Angeles school

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Human Studies Film Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_282717

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Creator:

Jones, Clifford art historian

Physical description:

600 feet (21 minutes) sound color video

Type:

Projected media

Collection descriptions

Place:

Asia

India

Date:

1975

Topic:

Language and culture

Music

Rites and ceremonies

Local number:

HSFA 77.3.1

Summary:

Edited film documenting temple worship of Nambudri Brahmins in Kerala, India. The film represents scenes from an eight-hour Nambudri ceremony which culminates in the possession of a shaman-priest and the oracular communications through him from the diety Ayyappan to devotees

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Record ID:

siris_arc_218223

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Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2011-11-03T18:54:54.000Z

Metadata Updated:

2013-05-09T02:05:42.000Z

Topic:

Anthropology

YouTube Category:

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Views:

3354

Video Title:

Japanese acrobats ca. 1920

Description:

Silent black & white archival film clip from "Japan: Promotional and Theatrical Footage, ca. 1927". The full film, which is 17 minutes long, includes segments from what are believed to be a theatrical film, a promotional film and, possibly, amateur film - all of unknown origin. This material is from the collections at the Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution. For more details, see the full catalog record: http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?q=hsfa+Japan+Promotional+and+Theatrical+Footage

Video Duration:

70 seconds

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Data Source:

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Record ID:

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Type:

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Uploaded:

2011-10-19T13:47:41.000Z

Metadata Updated:

2013-05-20T16:02:54.000Z

Topic:

Anthropology

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Views:

5975

Video Title:

Geisha Hairstyling, ca. 1927

Description:

Silent black & white archival film clip from "Japan: Promotional and Theatrical Footage, ca. 1927". The full film, which is 17 minutes long, includes segments from what are believed to be a theatrical film, a promotional film and, possibly, amateur film - all of unknown origin. This clip is from the promotional film. It shows a Geisha having her hair styled. This material is from the collections at the Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution. For more details, see the full catalog record: http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?q=hsfa+Japan+Promotional+and+Theatrical+Footage

Video Duration:

182 seconds

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Uploaded:

2011-06-20T20:27:08.000Z

Metadata Updated:

2013-03-18T00:39:41.000Z

Topic:

Anthropology

YouTube Category:

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693

Video Title:

Feria en Simoca (by Jorge Prelorán)

Description:

Clip from documentary film by Jorge Prelorán about the traditional Saturday market in Simoca, a small town in Tucumán Province, Argentina. The sugar cane grown on many small farms around Simoca is prominent at the market. This film was shot in 1965. For more information, see the full catalog record: http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?view=&dsort=&date.slider=&q=hsfa+feria+simoca and visit the Human Studies Film Archives' web exhibit on the Prelorán Collection: http://anthropology.si.edu/accessinganthropology/preloran/index.html

Video Duration:

89 seconds

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Data Source:

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Record ID:

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Uploaded:

2011-06-20T20:23:23.000Z

Metadata Updated:

2012-10-06T18:28:53.000Z

Topic:

Anthropology

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Views:

945

Video Title:

Trapiches Caseros (by Jorge Prelorán)

Description:

Clip from documentary film by Jorge Prelorán presents traditional methods for making molasses with wooden mills introduced by Jesuits during the colonial era. The film focuses on the family of Salomon Escobar, of Macio, Tucuman Province, Argentina and was shot in 1965. For more information, see the full catalog record: http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?view=&dsort=&date.slider=&q=hsfa+trapiches+caseros and visit the Human Studies Film Archives' web exhibit on the Prelorán Collection: http://anthropology.si.edu/accessinganthropology/preloran/index.html

Video Duration:

141 seconds

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Uploaded:

2011-06-20T20:17:04.000Z

Metadata Updated:

2012-05-07T21:01:36.000Z

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954

Video Title:

Castelao (by Jorge Prelorán)

Description:

Clip from historical documentary film by Jorge Prelorán presents the biography of Galician writer and nationalist Alfonso Castelao. Using historical film and photographs, animation, and Castelao's own political cartoons, the film explores Castelao's life and times. This film was released in 1980. For more information, see the full catalog record: http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?view=&dsort=&date.slider=&q=hsfa+castelao and visit the Human Studies Film Archives' web exhibit on the Prelorán Collection: http://anthropology.si.edu/accessinganthropology/preloran/index.html

Video Duration:

227 seconds

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Uploaded:

2011-06-20T19:39:42.000Z

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2011-06-27T19:48:15.000Z

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297

Video Title:

Casabindo (by Jorge Prelorán)

Description:

Clip from ethnographic film by Jorge Prelorán documents festivities in honor of the Virgin of the Assumption, patron saint of Casabindo, Jujuy Province, Argentina. Casabindo was the first town founded by Spanish Conquistadors in the territory of Argentina. Filmed circa 1965-1966. This film was recently preserved to film. For more information, please see the full catalog record: http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?view=&dsort=&date.slider=&q=hsfa+casabindo and visit the Human Studies Film Archives' web exhibit on the Prelorán Collection: http://anthropology.si.edu/accessinganthropology/preloran/index.html

Video Duration:

110 seconds

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2012-11-07T21:48:27.000Z

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360

Video Title:

Smithsonian Institution Excavations at Tel Jemmeh, Israel, 1970 - 1973

Description:

Excerpts from film documentation of archaeological fieldwork.

Video Duration:

376 seconds

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