The Bushman Nomads of the Desert
odd: label: General
content: Local Number: HSFA 2004.10.5
name: label: Collection Producer
content: Ushiyama, Jun'ichi, 1930-1997
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content: Man TV
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (50 minutes, color sound; 1800 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972-1976
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 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