West Africa, Upper Volta (Kasena) -- Making an Amulet and Sacrifices
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.10; E00214
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 (7 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: a blind man and his sons prepare an amulet against wild animals and bush spirits using all of the cultic and magical processes necessary to such an undertaking. Such amulets contain a substance ("medicine") consisting of various ingredients which have been crushed, charred, and poured into an animal horn.
Legacy Keywords: Burkino Faso ; West Africa, Upper Volta ; Africa; Kasena