Mary Jo Arnoldi videos of Bamana Puppet Masquerades
name: label: Creator
content: Arnoldi, Mary Jo
place: label: Place
content: Africa, West
label: Place
content: Mali
topic: label: Topic
content: Masquerades
label: Topic
content: Puppets
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Musical instruments
label: Topic
content: Drum Performance
label: Topic
content: Dance
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Mary Jo Arnoldi in 2007 and 2011.
creator: label: Creator
content: Arnoldi, Mary Jo
setName: label: See more items in
content: Mary Jo Arnoldi videos of Bamana Puppet Masquerades
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 19 Videoreels (1/2 inch) (9.5 hours, black-and-white sound)
label: Extent
content: 4 Videocassettes (4 hours, color sound)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1978-1992
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.2007.02
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Videocassettes
label: Type
content: Video recordings
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: Arnoldi, Mary Jo. 1995.  -- Playing with time: art and performance in central Mali. --  Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection consists of video recordings of Bamana puppet masquerade performances taped in Markala, Segou Region of Mali and the village of Kirango, Mali.

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