Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy films
name: label: Creator
content: Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. (Ananda Kentish), 1877-1947
label: Creator
content: Holmes, Burton, 1870-1958
place: label: Place
content: South Asia
label: Place
content: Cambodia
label: Place
content: Thailand
label: Place
content: India
label: Place
content: Ceylon
label: Place
content: East Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Performing arts
label: Topic
content: Festivals
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from the Foundation for Traditional Studies in 1989.
creator: label: Creator
content: Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. (Ananda Kentish), 1877-1947
label: Creator
content: Holmes, Burton, 1870-1958
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content: Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 17 Film reels (black-and-white silent; approximately 16,000 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1920-1930
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1989.02
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Film shot and collected by Ananda Coomaraswamy, former Curator of the Asian Section of the Boston Museum of fine Arts, documenting Cambodia, Thailand, India, Ceylon, and Japan.

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