Object Details
- Local Number
- HSFA 1994.8.1
- Collection Creator
- Davis, Hassoldt, 1907-1959
- Davis, Ruth
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- Hassoldt and Ruth S. Davis films
- Extent
- Film reels (color silent; 3000 feet, 16mm)
- Date
- 1954
- 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 expedition insearch of school of sorcerors and witchcraft in Ivory Coast. Tribal Groups encountered are Lobi, Abron and Baule. Includes scenes of childbirth ceremony. Also shows masked dancers, snake ritual, the coronation of Essey Bonzou as well as activities in the soroceror's school in the village of Yho.
- 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-1633053688995-1633053689001-0
