East Sahara, Ennedi (Baele/Bideyat) -- Scarification of Maidens
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.43; E00180
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 (4 minutes, black-and-white silent, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1955
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: scars are made on the faces of Baele girls. A woman makes the incisions -- three scars on each cheek -- and then rubs the wounds thickly with soot to darken them. One girl receives a row of many small scars at the bottom of her cheek.
Legacy Keywords: Chad ; East Sahara, Ennedi ; Africa; Baele/Bideyat