Adelaide Pearson Film of Asian Pottery Techniques
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1991.2.1
name: label: Creator
content: Pearson, Adelaide
place: label: Place
content: Asia
label: Place
content: India
label: Place
content: Burma
label: Place
content: Malaysia
label: Place
content: Vietnam
label: Place
content: Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: Pottery, Asian
label: Topic
content: Pottery craft
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from David Weiss, Northeast Historic Film, in 1991.
creator: label: Creator
content: Pearson, Adelaide
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (27 minutes, black-and-white silent; 717 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938-1939
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously title "Asiatic Potters, India  1938-1939."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1991.02
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: Edited film of a trip to Asia to view a variety of pottery techniques. The film concentrates on Indian pottery making, primarily in the Delhi Pottery Works and Puri, but also includes brief sequences of pottery making in Burma, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Japan. Film was shot in 1938-1939 by Adelaide Pearson, founder of Rowantree Pottery in Blue Hill, Maine.

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