Object Details
- Local Number
- HSFA 1994.8.3
- Collection Creator
- Davis, Hassoldt, 1907-1959
- Davis, Ruth
- See more items in
- Hassoldt and Ruth S. Davis films
- Extent
- 3 Film reels (color silent; 1718 feet, 16mm)
- Date
- 1949
- Archival Repository
- Human Studies Film Archives
- Type
- Archival materials
- Film reels
- Collection Citation
- Hassoldt and Ruth S. Davis films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Collection Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Scope and Contents
- Outtakes from edited film documenting an expedition which traveled inland from St. Laurent, French Guiana to the Tumac Humac Mountains of the Brazilian border. Expedition visited Devil's Island and other penal islands off Cayenne and traveled inland along the Maroni River. Tribal groups encountered were the Boni (descendants of African slaves) and Roucouyenne or Rucuyen (indigenous American Indians). Legacy Keywords: Expeditions ; Wasps ; Insects ; Prisons
- 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.
- Record ID
- ebl-1633053688995-1633053689000-2
