Film reels (22 minutes, color silent reversal; 800 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1980
Scope and Contents:
Full film record documenting the ikat weaving process in Barpali, Odisha, India. Footage documents all stages in the dyeing and weaving process of double-ikat which was historically influential on the development of textiles in south Asia.
Local Number:
HSFA 1983.10.2
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:
"Patola" footage filmed and directed by Cynthia Cunningham Cort, Cynthia Cort films of Ikat Weaving, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution