Robert Johnson Yucatec Maya Signing videos
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 2012.2.1
place: label: Place
content: Central America
label: Place
content: Mexico
topic: label: Topic
content: Sign language
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Robert Johnson in 2011.
culture: label: Culture
content: Yucatec (Yacatec) Maya
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 18 Video recordings (color sound; 1/2 inch videos)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.2012.02
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Full video record documenting sign language in a Maya village for Robert Johnson's linguistic research. video was recorded in conjunction with Hubert Smith's Yucatec Maya Film Project.

Supplementary materials: 5 notebooks.

Legacy keywords: Children ; Villages Mexico ; Sign language ; Deafness

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