Marshall !Kung Expedition I

Object Details

Collection Collaborator: McElwee, Ross; Blitz, Daniel; Bishop, John Melville; Baker, Peter; Ritchie, Claire; Young, Robert; Terry, John; Galvin, Frank; Bestall, Clifford; Gardner, Robert; Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994
Collection Creator: Marshall, John, 1932-2005
Collection Collaborator: Marshall, Lorna

See more items in: John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman film and video collection; John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman film and video collection / Series 1: Unedited Film and Video Projects

Sponsor: Finding aid has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.

Extent: Film reels (silent, color/black-and-white reversal, 5,000 feet (2.25 hours), 16mm)

Collection Citation: The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection, 1950-2000, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Collection Rights: Contact the repository for terms of use. Information on reproduction and fees available from repository.

Scope and Contents: Full film record shot during a preliminary expedition to the Kalahari Desert in Namibia sponsored by the Harvard Peabody Museum. Footage shot primarily in southern Angola, south of the Kanini River among the Bantu speaking Mehemba. Footage includes: dances of the Mehemba and Naulila bands; San graves; making of a plaster San lifemask; and wildlife including merle goats, springbok, wildebeest, jackal, hyena, elephant, giraffe, and eland. Footage primarily shot by John Marshall; additional photography by Laurence Marshall.

Collection Restrictions: The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection is open for research. Please contact the Archives for availabilty of access copies of audio visual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played. Materials relating to Series 6 Production Files are restricted and not available for research until 2048, 2063, 2072. Kinship diagrams in Series 13 are restricted due to privacy concerns. Various copyrights and restrictions on commercial use apply to the reproduction or publication of film, video, audio, photographs, and maps.