1 Film reel (black-and-white silent; 600 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
circa 1937-1938
Scope and Contents:
Footage of anthropologist Aleš Hrdlička's excavations on Kodiak Island, Alaska. Documented are excavation techniques including undercutting, excavation of bone-nest, and removal of human skull. Also included is footage of Hrdlicka at work.
Local Number:
HSFA 1982.2.1
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:
Aleš Hrdlička films,, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
