Mary Elmendorf collection
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1990-008
name: label: Creator
content: Elmendorf, Mary L. (Mary Lindsay)
place: label: Place
content: Central America
label: Place
content: Mexico
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Mary Elmendorf in 1990 and 1994.
creator: label: Creator
content: Elmendorf, Mary L. (Mary Lindsay)
culture: label: Culture
content: Yucatec (Yacatec) Maya
setName: label: See more items in
content: Mary Elmendorf collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (color silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970-1971 and 1976
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1990.08
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage shot by Mary Elmendorf in Chan Kom, Yucatec, Mexico between 1970 and 1976.  Ethnographic footage documents significant features of ritual and daily life in Chan Kom.

Supplementary material: annotations (recorded narratives).

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.