Thailand, Tak Province (Miao) -- Carving a Whipping Top
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.429; E01282
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (6 minutes, color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965
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: Edited film: a conic whipping top is created from a block of wood. For strength, a nail of hard wood is put into its peak. A whip is made out of a wooden stick and a twisted fiber cord. With this whip, the top is set in motion.
Legacy Keywords: Thailand ; Thailand, Tak Province ; Asia; Miao