Tenacious of life the quadruped essays of John James Audubon and John Bachman John James Audubon and John Bachman ; edited and with original commentary by Daniel Patterson and Eric Russell
The film follows the Bandibutu tribe as they moved south into the Ituri River basin and lived with them for 80 days. Filmed are the hunt, killing, slaughter and preparation of a young male elephant for food; a quarrel between a husband and wife which engages the entire village; migration due to scarcity of food; building shelters; hunting antelopes and other animals; catching honeybees; preparing bark for making loincloth; and a Pygmy woman giving birth to a baby.
Legacy Keywords: Nomads ; Hunting ; Hunting antelope ; Elephants ; Cookery ; Honeybee ; Childbirth ; Language and culture ; Africa ; Congo (Democratic Republic) ; Zaire ; Ituri Rainforest, Belgian Congo (Zaire)
General:
Local Number: HSFA 2004.10.25
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.
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Collection Citation:
Man TV, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
1 Film reel (50 minutes, color sound; 1800 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1972-1976
Scope and Contents:
A band of Bushman in the Kalahari Desert, Botswana, were filmed over a ten month period. Filmed are making poison arrows; killing a giraffe; trapping antelopes, hawks, hares, kites and pythons; water collection from wild melons and hollow trees; introduction of a horse for hunting which causes discord among the band; games played by boys and girls which prepare them for their gender roles; a coming of age ceremony for girls; and boys and girls singing a song to pray for rain.
Legacy Keywords: Hunting ; Games ; Rites and ceremonies ; Rites of passage manhood ; Puberty rites ; Giraffe ; Antelopes ; Language and culture ; Africa ; Botswana
General:
Local Number: HSFA 2004.10.5
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.
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Collection Citation:
Man TV, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Main Image: Two Indians on horseback hunting antelope
Local numbers:
Princeton Poster# 3604
General:
Issued by: Golden Gate International Building
Issued for: Indian Court
Artist(s): Anon
Locale:
San Francisco
Note:
The design was executed by the Federal Art Project W.P.A.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Copyright status of items varies. Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Princeton University Posters Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Sponsor:
Digitization of the Princeton University Poster Collection was a collaboration of Google Arts and Culture and the Smithsonian Institution's Digitization Program Office. Catalog records were transcribed by digital volunteers through the Smithsonian Institution Transcription Center.
90 Photographic prints ((1 box)., black & white, 7 x 9 cm.)
90 Photographic prints ((dupe prints) (1 v.), black & white, 8 x 10 in.)
90 Negatives (photographic) ((dupe negs), black & white, 4 x 5 in.)
Container:
Item 90
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Negatives (photographic)
Gelatin silver prints
Photograph albums
Albumen prints
Place:
Zimbabwe
Victoria Falls Zimbabwe -- Photographs
Africa
Zambezi River
Date:
1905-1907
Summary:
An album of photographs taken between 1905 and 1907 by H.G.L. Smith or his associates to document his hunting trips in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and the accompanying African workers.
Scope and Contents:
An album of photographs taken between 1905 and 1907 by H.G.L. Smith or his associates to document his hunting trips in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and the accompanying African workers. There are also images of local animals and landscapes. Smith and the other hunters are portrayed in a boat on the Zambezi River, in camps and posing with rifles and killed game. The African workers are portrayed carrying loads and posing with or retrieving dead animals. Other Rhodesians portrayed include policemen shown both on camels and outside a building with an official of European descent on "court day," Tonga people, and a "pioneer" of European descent shown in front of his house. Animals illustrated include cape buffalos, crocodiles, elands, hippopotamuses, impalas, leopards, lions, sable antelopes, wart hogs, wildebeests and zebras. There is also an image of Victoria Falls.
General note:
Images indexed by negative number.
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
1 Ledger (1 volume (11 pages), 44.5 cm. x 28.5 cm. x 3 cm.)
Container:
Volume N-92
Type:
Archival materials
Ledgers
Ledgers (account books)
Journals (accounts)
Notebooks
Sketches
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Iran
Date:
1928-1946
Scope and Contents:
- The fourth of a series of four inventory books, which displays two separate inventories of objects. The first list describes archaeological remains, prehistoric artifacts and antiquities which were collected during a session of excavations at Pasargadae in April and May 1928, carried out by Ernst Herzfeld, assisted by the architect Friedrich Krefter. The second list, without dates, enumerates prehistoric artifacts and antiquities collected, acquired, or observed in Baghdad, Hamadan, Harsin, Kermanshah, Nihavand, Tehran, and possibly Ur.
- Additional information from staff reads: "For the Pasargadae finds journal, Herzfeld has diversely applied to each inventory number, which are ranging from 1 to 34, the excavated building or site; dates; sketches; physical descriptions; and cross-references to additional materials (glass negatives, sketchbooks, and paper squeezes) within the Ernst Herzfeld Papers."
- Additional information from staff reads: "For the prehistoric objects, Herzfeld has diversely applied to each inventory number, which are ranging from 1 to 60 (in addition of 19 objects un-numbered), a place of provenance and/or acquisition; sketches; and physical descriptions."
- In Finding Aid, Joseph Upton's caption for N-92 reads, "Inventory. Nos. 1-34 headed "1928. Pasargadae"; Nos. 1-79 which follow in another series are from Nihavand, Harsin, Baghdad, etc.."
Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 3: Notebooks; Finds Journal from the Excavation of Pasargadae in 1928 and Random Inventory of Prehistoric Objects (N-92)
Arrangement:
In the original arrangement of the Ernst Herzfeld Archive, Ledgers were included in a larger body of diverse material acknowledged by Ernst Herzfeld as his study collection. In the early 1970s, Joseph Upton, for research purpose, rearranged the collection and created a specific series (Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 3: Notebooks, 1904-1946, 1957, n.d.) for 131 notebooks, including four ledgers and eight travel journals. Upton has given this ledger an accession number, N-92, related to the series he created for the notebooks, probably following Herzfeld's original organization.
Local Numbers:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers; N-92
FSA A.06 03.092
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble,FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Song for twins = Chant pour les jumeaux (3:03) -- Lullaby = Berceuse (1:09) -- Children's round = Ronde d'enfants (1:46) -- Ground bow solo = Solo d'arc-en-terre (1:03) -- Counting song = Comptine (0:51) -- Dance for rites of passage = Danse des rites de passage (5:34) -- Whiste ensemble = Ensemble de sifflets (2:44) -- Horn ensemble = Ensemble de trompes (2:18) -- War chant = Chant de guerre (2:47) -- Song for "thinking" = Chant ar "penser" (3:04) -- Song for ancestors' souls = Chant pour les ma.nes des ance.tres (3:46) -- Dance music = Musique de danse (6:25) -- Song upon returning from the hunt = Chant pour le retour de la chasse (3:33) -- Propitiatory song for the hunt = chant propitiatoire pour la chasse (3:35) -- Drummed message = Message tambouriner (4:46)
Track Information:
101 Song for Twins / Drum,Mortar and Pestle.
102 Lullaby.
103 Children's Round / Ba-Lari.
104 Ground Bow Solo / Musical bow.
105 Counting Song / Shells.
106 Dance for the Rites of Passage / Drum,Xylophone.
111 Song for Ancestor's Souls / Ngombi,Harp,Bells.
112 Dance Music / Drum.
113 Song Upon Returning from the Hunt / Drum.
114 Propitiatory Song for the Hunt / Drum.
115 Drummed Message / Drum,Talking drum.
Local Numbers:
UNESCO.8020
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
Paris, France Audivis UNESCO 1983
General:
Commercial
Reissued by Auvidis from the album released by the International Institue for Comparative Music Studies and Documentation (IICMSD), Berlin for the Internationalk Music Council.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Listening only. No Duplication Allowed.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
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Depicts several objects including the trail (hiamuni) prayer stick; the shield (haiitsi) of Kopishtaiya; the staff (yapi) the Antelope clan use in the drama of katsina war; the cane used by Tsiukiri, Kopishtaiya chief; and the histsimuh prayer stick.
Local Numbers:
NAA INV 08543400
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
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Collection Citation:
MS 4290 Wolf Robe Hunt drawings of Acoma katsinas and ceremonial objects, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Judge E. Gorlia's first journey in the Belgian Congo from December 1909 to January 1912.
In 1911, on his first tour of inspection, Judge Gorlia travelled by foot from Lusambo to Dilolo. Until 1912, the Luba, the Songye, the Kanioka, the Lunda and the Chokwe territories extending southward to Dilolo, were administered as part of the Congo-Kasai district with headquarters at Lusambo.
In the savanna country, where hunting is the main activity and settlements are more or less temporary, straw houses are more frequent in the Chokwe villages.
The Chokwe, from childhood onward, are initiated into the execution of sand drawings. These drawings are like ideograms that evoke plants, animals, objrects, places, fables, or legends. The same vernacular term, "sona" (derived from the verb kusona meaning to draw, to paint, to write) designates both the colored drawings on the head-covers of the ritual masks performed by specialists, and the murals that adult men and women execute to adorn the exterior walls of their house.
General:
Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection digitized and available online. Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Judge E. Gorlia's first journey in the Belgian Congo from December 1909 to January 1912.
In 1911, on his first tour of inspection, Judge Gorlia travelled by foot from Lusambo to Dilolo. Until 1912, the Luba, the Songye, the Kanioka, the Lunda and the Chokwe territories extending southward to Dilolo, were administered as part of the Congo-Kasai district with headquarters at Lusambo.
In the savanna country, where hunting is the main activity and settlements are more or less temporary, straw houses are more frequent in the Chokwe villages.
The Chokwe, from childhood onward, are initiated into the execution of sand drawings. These drawings are like ideograms that evoke plants, animals, objrects, places, fables, or legends. The same vernacular term, "sona" (derived from the verb kusona meaning to draw, to paint, to write) designates both the colored drawings on the head-covers of the ritual masks performed by specialists, and the murals that adult men and women execute to adorn the exterior walls of their house.
General:
Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection digitized and available online. Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
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INV 08745300. Inscription on recto at bottom reads: "Reduce this line to 4 3/8 inches exact.." Inscription on verso reads: "Hunting Antelope, Hidatsa." Ink and watercolor. Illustrated, 10th AR-BAE, p. 533, fig. 746.
Collection Restrictions:
Manuscript 2372 is open for research.
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Collection Citation:
Manuscript 2372, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation Search this
Collection Director:
Heye, George G. (George Gustav), 1874-1957 Search this
Container:
Box 262A, Folder 3
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1928 - 1968
Restrictions:
Image number 011 "Holiday Handcraft" has been removed from the slideshow due to culutral sensitivity.
Collection Rights:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadcast materials from the collection must be requested from the National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Museum of the American Indian/Heye Foundation Records, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
"Mbuti people go net hunting, not only to provide meat for themselves to eat, but to acquire their main trade item to exchange for Bira commodities and cultivated food. The Mbuti have invested all their energies into satisfying their exchange partners' demands for meat and are now dependant on this system for nearly all their carbohydrate calories in their diet.." [Wilkie, D. S., 1988: Hunters and Farmers of the African Forest. University of California Press, Berkeley]. During his trip to Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Elisofon visited the Mbuti people at Epulu, South East Ituri Forest region. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic Film and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.
Local Numbers:
A 3 MBT 4 EE 72
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
0101
Frame value is 29.
Slide No. A 3 MBT 4 EE 72
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